Gabrielle
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. Borrowed from French Gabrielle, feminine form of Gabriel (see there for more).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Gabrielle (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Gabrielle has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2001. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | 13 |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 465 |
| 2000 | 473 |
| 2001 | 486 |
| 2002 | 499 |
| 2003 | 503 |
| 2004 | 514 |
| 2005 | 520 |
| 2006 | 525 |
| 2007 | 525 |
| 2008 | 530 |
| 2009 | 534 |
| 2010 | 537 |
| 2011 | 540 |
| 2012 | 543 |
| 2013 | 544 |
| 2014 | 550 |
| 2015 | 566 |
| 2016 | 573 |
| 2017 | 576 |
| 2018 | 586 |
| 2019 | 593 |
| 2020 | 598 |
Gabrielle in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gabrielle.Hi! My name is Gabrielle.
- Gabrielle har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Gabrielle has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Gabrielle i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Gabrielle this afternoon.
- Gabrielles mamma är lärare.Gabrielle's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gabrielles mamma is Gabrielle's mum.
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Questions about Gabrielle
How do you pronounce Gabrielle in Swedish?
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What does the name Gabrielle mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. Borrowed from French Gabrielle, feminine form of Gabriel (see there for more).
How popular is Gabrielle in Sweden?
3 babies were named Gabrielle in 2022. In 2020, 598 people in Sweden had Gabrielle as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2001 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.