Gabriela

Gabriela is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Slavic feminine of Gabriel—from the Hebrew Gavri'el, "God is my strength"—and it carries the archangel's wingspan across three lilting syllables. The Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, gave the name a permanent seat at the table of twentieth-century letters. It has held steadily in the American Top 300 for decades, currently at 298, one of the most enduring Spanish-language names on the charts. Nicknames Gabi, Ella, or Gabby shorten the song without ruining it. Graceful, literate, quietly commanding.