Gabriela History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

The distinguished surname Gabriela can be traced back to the ancient and beautiful region of Venice. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. The most common type of family name found in the region of Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name. During the Middle Ages, Italians adopted the patronymic system of name-making because it perfectly complemented the prevailing Feudal System. In Italy the popularity of patronymic type of surname is also due to the fact that during the Christian era, people often named their children after saints and biblical figures. The surname Gabriela came from the Hebrew personal name Gabriel which means God has given me strength.

Early Origins of the Gabriela family

The surname Gabriela was first found in Bologna (Latin: Bononia), one of the more prosperous cities at this early time. Records are found in 1201 when Cambio Gabrielli was in the government in Bologna.

Early History of the Gabriela family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gabriela research. The years 1510, 1557, 1566, 1585, 1651, 1654, 1690, 1711, 1730, 1770, 1784, 1787, 1789 and 1790 are included under the topic Early Gabriela History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gabriela Spelling Variations

Italian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Gabriela include Gabrieli, Gabriella, Gabriela, Gabriele, Gabrielli, Gabbrieli, Gabbrielli, Gavrili, Gravili, Gabrielini and many more.

Early Notables of the Gabriela family

Prominent among members of the family was Trifone Gabriele, a humanist in Venice during the late 15th century who was called the Socrates of his age. Nicol Gabrielli was a Count, lawyer, and Knight of Saint Stefano; Sebastiano Gabrielli of the same family was Knight of Saint Michele and Count of Castel Falcino. Andrea Gabrieli (b. 1510) was an organist in Venice and was the composer and organist at Saint Mark's Cathedral from 1566. He composed many motets, psalms, and madrigals. His nephew Giovanni Gabrieli (b. 1557) was also a composer and organist in Venice and worked at Saint Mark's from...
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Gabriela migration to the United States +

Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Gabriela were

Gabriela Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Michalotte Gabriela, who landed in Arkansas in 1890 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Gabriela (post 1700) +

Luisa Gabriela Molina Terrazas (1955-2021), Bolivian folk singer
Ana Gabriela Guevara Espinoza (b. 1977), Mexican thirteen-time gold, seven-time silver and three-time bronze medalist track and field athlete
Alejandra Gabriela Guzmán Pinal (b. 1968), award-winning Mexican rock singer and actress
Heike Gabriela Drechsler (b. 1964), German track and field athlete
Gabriela "Gabi" Kasper Barbieri, Brazilian professional footballer
Gabriela Pando (1970-2024), Argentine field hockey player
Gabriela Braga "Gabi" Guimaraes (b. 1994), Brazilian professional indoor volleyball player
Gabriela Heinrich (b. 1963), German politician of the Social Democratic Party
Gabriela Svobodová (b. 1953), born in Kremnica a Czechoslovak cross-country skier who competed during the 1970s until 1984. She won a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
Gabriela Pérez Paredes (1938-2022), Chilean lawyer and jurist, Minister of the Supreme Court of Chile from 2007 to 2013

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)