text: what does the name gabby mean?   short form of gabriel (masculine) or gabrielle (feminine) gabrielle  (hebrew) meaning: 'god is my strength' or 'god's able-bodied one; hero of god'  what a beautiful name!  more detailled info if you're interested:  the boy's and girl's name gabriel is pronounced gay-bree-el. it is of hebrew origin, and its meaning is "god's able-bodied one; hero of god." biblical: the archangel gabriel is the only angel besides michael named in the canonical scriptures. gavriel is a jewish variant popular in russia. musician peter gabriel; author gabriel farcia marquez; football player roman gabriel; actor gabriel byrne.  gabriel has 15 variant forms: gab, gabbi, gabbie, gabby, gabe, gabi, gabie, gabrian, gabriele, gabrielli, gabriello, gaby, gavriel, gavril and gavrilo.  gabriel is a very popular male first name, ranking 220 out of 1219 for males of all ages in the 1990 u.s. census. gabriel is a very popular surname, ranking 1509 out of 88799 for people of all ages in the 1990 u.s. census.