Gabriela is an Italian form of the name Gabriel. Gabriela is a variant spelling of Gabriella. Gabriel is derived from the Hebrew elements geh-ver (&#1490&#1468&#1462&#1489&#1462&#1512) meaning man, male and el (&#1488&#1461&#1500) meaning G-d.The name may also derive from gah-var (&#1490&#1468&#1479&#1489&#1463&#1512) meaning to become stronger and gah-bare ...abriela is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 8 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Ga-brie-la. In the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 232 in baby name popularity for girls with 1403 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name.