Gabrielle
/ɡæbɹiːˈɛl/ name
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name from French.
"Her granddaughter, Gabrielle Kamentz, remembered her grandmother for all she taught her. “My grandmother taught me everything I needed to know in life… so happy and proud to be following in her footsteps as a nurse,” Kamentz said in a Facebook post."
- 2 a nickname for Dysnomia (the moon of the dwarf planet Eris, itself nicknamed Xena)
Example
More examples"Gabrielle, a striking 6'1" woman, was tired of enterprising young men asking her how the weather was up there."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French Gabrielle, feminine form of Gabriel (see there for more).
Etymology 2
The main supporting character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001) was the inspiration for the dwarf planet's moon's nickname, due to the dwarf planet itself being nicknamed Xena.