Gavalas or Gabalas (), feminine form Gavala/Gabala (Γαβαλά), is a Greek family name. It can refer to:

Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith (died 528), Ghassanid Arab phylarch, known as Gabalas in Greek sources Leo Gabalas (fl. 1240s), autonomous ruler of Rhodes and other islands after the Fourth Crusade John Gabalas (fl. 1250s), brother and successor of the above Panos Gavalas (1926–1988), Greek singer

See also Gavalou Gavalochori