Gavril
Gavril is a variant of the name Gabriel, may refer to:Gavril Atanasov, Macedonian icon painter from Berovo in the 19th century Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni (1746–1821), Romanian clergyman who served as Metropolitan of Moldavia Gavril Balint, former Romanian football striker and current coach Gavril Dejeu, Romanian politician and Minister of Interior Gavril Farkas, Hungarian-Romanian-German…
- Bulgarian
- Macedonian
- Romanian
Meaning & Origin of Gavril
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gavril is a variant of the name Gabriel, may refer to:Gavril Atanasov, Macedonian icon painter from Berovo in the 19th century Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni (1746–1821), Romanian clergyman who served as Metropolitan of Moldavia Gavril Balint, former Romanian football striker and current coach Gavril Dejeu, Romanian politician and Minister of Interior Gavril Farkas, Hungarian-Romanian-German…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Bulgarian
- Macedonian
- Romanian
The Story of Gavril
American parents first put Gavril on the record books as a baby boy name in 2008, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 7 Gavrils were born — ranking #9,567 that year. About 62% of every Gavril on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Gavril last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 39 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Gavril
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gavril. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Gavrail
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About the name Gavril
Gavril is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2008 and has accumulated 39 births in the dataset. Gavril's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #9,567. Use the chart and map above to compare Gavril's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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