Gábor (sometimes written Gabor; Hungarian: �ɡaːbor is a Hungarian male given name. Its equivalent in English is

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. Gábor originated from the

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name Gabriel and was transmitted to the Hungarian language through the

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form Gabirianus ~ Gabriel. In medieval writings, shortened forms such as Gab and the derived Gabus also appear.Fercsik; Raátz 2009, p124 The Hungarian variation was formed by consonant cluster reduction and the shortening of the Latin version. The meaning of the original Hebrew name is 'Man of God' or 'Champion of God'.Fercsik; Raátz 2009, p124 The name first appeared in Hungarian charters in the first half of the 12th century.Fercsik; Raátz 2009, p124

As a settlement name

Each the settlement preserves the memory of the former founder or owner named Gábor: * Gáborján (Hungary) * Gáborjánháza (Hungary) * Géberjén (Hungary)

Notable persons

* Gábor Andreánszky, Hungarian politician * Gábor Andreánszky, Hungarian botanist, paleobotanist and explorer *

Gábor Baross Gábor Baross de Bellus (6 July 1848 – 8 May 1892) was a Hungarian statesman in Hungarian parliament, was born at Barossháza now Pružina near Trencsén (now Trenčín, Slovakia). He was for a time one of the professors there under Cardinal ...

, Hungarian politician * Gábor Báthory, Prince of Transylvania *

Gábor Bethlen Gabriel Bethlen (; 1580 – 15 November 1629) was Prince of Transylvania from 1613 to 1629 and Duke of Opole from 1622 to 1625. He was also King-elect of Hungary from 1620 to 1621, but he never took control of the whole kingdom. Bethlen, sup ...

, Prince of Transylvania *

Gábor Bódy Gábor Bódy (30 August 1946 – 24 October 1985) was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, theoretic, and occasional actor. A pioneer of experimental filmmaking and film language, Bódy is one of the most important figures of Hungarian cinem ...

, Hungarian director *

Gábor Csupó Gábor Csupó ( , ; born September 29, 1952) is a Hungarian animator, writer, director, producer and graphic designer. He is co-founder of the animation studio Klasky Csupo, which produced the first three years of ''The Simpsons'', as well as ...

, Hungarian animator * Gábor Darvas, Hungarian composer and musicologist *

Gábor Döbrentei Gábor Döbrentei (1 December 1785 – 28 March 1851) was a Hungarians, Hungarian philologist and antiquary. Background He was born in a city in the Kingdom of Hungary called Somlószőlős. As the son of itinerant Evangelical-Lutheran Church in H ...

, Hungarian philologist and antiquary *

Gábor Domokos Gábor Domokos (born 12 November 1961) is a Hungarian mathematician and engineer. He is best known for his 2006 discovery of the Gömböc, a class of three-dimensional (3D) convex bodies that have one stable and one unstable point of balance. ...

, Hungarian engineer, developer of the

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Gábor Ferenczi Gábor Ferenczi (born 28 May 1977) is a Hungarian educator and politician, who has been the mayor of Devecser since 2014. Prior to that, he was a member of the National Assembly (MP) from 2010 to 2014. He was a politician of the far-right Jobbik ...

, Hungarian politician * Gábor Ferenczi, Hungarian film director *

Gábor Gyepes Gábor Gyepes (; born 26 June 1981) is a Hungarian former professional footballer. Gyepes began his career with Ferencváros, where he won two Hungarian national championships. He went on to make over 100 appearances in the English Football L ...

, Hungarian footballer *

Gábor Harangozó Gábor István Harangozó (born September 27, 1975, in Budapest) is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Hungarian Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. Harangozó spent his childhood ...

, Hungarian politician *

Gabor Herman Gabor Tamas Herman is a Hungarian-American professor of computer science. He is Emiritas Professor of Computer Science at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) where he was Distinguished Professor until 2017. He is known for his ...

, researcher in the field of computed tomography *

Gábor Horváth (canoeist, born 1985) Gábor Horváth is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2007. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-4 200 m: 2007, C-4 500: 2007), a silver (C-1 4 x 200 m: 2009 200 ...

, Hungarian flatwater canoeist *

Gábor Király Gábor Ferenc Király (; born 1 April 1976) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In his 25-year-long playing career, Király spent most of his career in Germany and England. He signed for Hertha BSC in 199 ...

, Hungarian football goalkeeper *

Gábor Kuncze Gábor Kuncze (born 4 November 1950 in Pápa) is a Politics of Hungary, Hungarian liberal politician, former chairman of the Hungary, Hungarian Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ). He became anchorman at the radio channel Klubrádió in 2008 while ...

, Hungarian politician * Gábor Maté, Hungarian-born Canadian physician *

Gábor Rappert–Vencz Gábor Rappert–Vencz (born July 7, 1967) is a Romanian actor, freelance performer, musician, and presenter of Hungarian ethnicity. Early life and career He was born in 1967 in Timișoara into a theatrical family of Hungarian ethnicity. Hi ...

, Romanian actor of Hungarian ethnicity * Gabor Sarkøzy (also Sárközy Gábor) (1945–2008), Hungarian-Norwegian (pornographic) actor and director * Gabor A. Somorjai, Hungary-born chemist *

Gábor Szabó Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian-American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Music of Hungary, Hungarian music. Early years Szabó was born in Budapest, Budapest, Hungary. He bega ...

, Hungarian jazz guitarist *

Gábor Szakácsi Gábor Szakácsi, also known as Gabi Hun or Gabor Hun, is a Hungarian-born American rock guitarist and vocalist, best known as the frontman of Seattle punk group Sledgeback. He fronted C.A.F.B., one of the most influential Hungarian punk bands o ...

, Hungarian-born American rock guitarist *

Gábor Szegő Gábor Szegő () (January 20, 1895 – August 7, 1985) was a Hungarian-American mathematician. He was one of the foremost mathematical analysts of his generation and made fundamental contributions to the theory of orthogonal polynomials and ...

, Hungarian mathematician *

Gábor Székelyhidi Gábor Székelyhidi (born 30 June 1981 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian mathematician, specializing in differential geometry. Gábor Székelyhidi, the brother of László Székelyhidi, graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a bachelor's degree ...

, Hungarian-American mathematician *

Gábor Talmácsi Gábor Talmácsi (born 28 May 1981 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian former professional motorcycle racer. He was the 2007 125cc World Champion, and he is the first and only Hungarian to win a road racing World Championship. He has a younger ...

, Hungarian motorcycle racer *

Gábor Téglás Gábor Téglás (March 23, 1848–February 4, 1916) was a Hungarian archaeologist. Born in Brassó (Brașov), in the Principality of Transylvania, he attended primary and secondary school in his native city. Téglás then studied law at the ...

, Hungarian archaeologist *

Gábor Totola Gábor Totola (born 10 December 1973) is a Hungarian fencer, who won a silver medal in the team Épée competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona together with Krisztián Kulcsár, Ferenc Hegedüs, Ernõ Kolczonay and Iván Kovács ...

, Hungarian fencer *

Gábor Vető Gábor Vető (born 19 December 1988) is a Hungarian professional Boxing, boxer. He is the former World Boxing Council, WBC Youth World Lightweight Champion. Since 2010, the native Hungarian has been living in Bern, Switzerland. Amateur career Ve ...

, Hungarian boxer *

Gábor Vona Gábor Vona (born Gábor Zázrivecz; 20 August 1978) is a Hungarian historian, teacher, and former nationalist politician who led the political party Jobbik from 2006 until 2018. He was the party's candidate for the position of prime minister i ...

, Hungarian politician * Gábor Wéber, Hungarian race car driver

As a settlement name

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