What's in a Name?

Gabriel Gender: Masculine Usage: French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Catalan, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek Pronunciation: ga-bree-EL (French), GAH-bryel (Spanish), GAHP-ree-ǝl (German), GAHB-ree-el (Finnish), GAY-bree-el (English), GAHP-ryel (Polish)
Meaning & History From the Hebrew name Gavri'el, meaning "God is my strong man" or "God is my strength." In the Bible, this was the given name of an archangel who announced the births of John to Zechariah and Jesus to Mary.
As a given name, it has been in use occasionally in England since the 12th century, but was not common in the English-speaking world until the 20th century.

Ilsa Gender: Feminine Usage: German Pronunciation: IL-sah
Meaning & History Variant of Ilse, which is the Dutch and German diminutive of Elisabeth, ultimately meaning "my God is an oath" or "my God is abundance.

Yancey Gender: Masculine Usage: English Pronunciation: YAN-see, YANt-see
Meaning & History Variant of Yancy, which hails from a surname and is the Americanized form of the Dutch surname Jansen, meaning "Jan's son."