Meaning, Origin And History Of The Name Abel

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Abel NamePopularityRelated NamesRelatedRatingsCommentsNamesakesName Days 77%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Georgian, Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1] Scripts აბელ(Georgian) Աբել(Armenian) הֶבֶל(Ancient Hebrew) Ἄβελ, Ἅβελ(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /ˈeɪ.bl̩/(English) /a.bɛl/(French) /a.ˈβel/(Spanish) /a.ˈbɛɫ/(European Portuguese) /a.ˈbɛw/(Brazilian Portuguese) /ˈaː.bəl/(Dutch) /ɑ.ˈbɛl/(Eastern Armenian) /ɑ.ˈpʰɛl/(Western Armenian) [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) meaning "breath". In the Old Testament he is the second son of Adam and Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother Cain. In England, this name came into use during the Middle Ages, and it was common during the Puritan era.

Related Names

Family Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesHevel(Biblical Hebrew) Aapeli(Finnish) Hebel, Hevel(Hebrew) Ábel(Hungarian) Abele(Italian) Surname DescendantsAbel(English) Abel(French) Abel(Portuguese) Abel(Spanish) Same SpellingÁbelUser SubmissionsAbèl, Abel

Popularity

Details Last ranked #33 in 2024 Armenia Last ranked #124 in 2024 Belgium Last ranked #517 in 2000 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #85 in 2007 Catalonia, Spain Last ranked #166 in 2024 England & Wales Last ranked #95 in 2024 (m) #479 in 1916 (f) France Last ranked #20 in 2024 Hungary Last ranked #40 in 2025 Netherlands Last ranked #96 in 2022 Norway Last ranked #98 in 2003 Spain Last ranked #220 in 2024 United States

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Name Days? Denmark: January 2France: August 5Poland: January 2Spain: December 28Sweden: December 30

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Sources & References

1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g6, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g6.

Entry updated October 6, 2024 NamePopularityRelatedRatingsCommentsNamesakesName Days