Biel

Biel is a Catalan masculine given name functioning as the regional form of Gabriel, derived from the Hebrew name Gavri'el, meaning God is my strong man or God is my strength, combining the elements gibor (strong man, hero) and El (God). It has been in consistent use across Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, where Catalan linguistic traditions preserve distinctive local adaptations of Biblical names. The full form Gabriel, along with other Romance variants such as Gabriele and Gabriël, shares the same Hebrew root.