Forename Abel

Around the globe, Abel (Abel , هابيل , Абел , among others...) is a widespread predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly given name. The first name Abel is characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Argentina, where it is a common masculine name, Mexico, and Panama, where it is quite a common masculine name (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it is commonest in Mexico, Nigeria, and Argentina. Also, Abel is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Abel is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Abel

name Албрехт, name آلبرت, name Abele, name Abël, name Albrechtas, name Альбэрт, name Авраам, name Abel, name Aabel, name Albrekt, name Алберто, name Тасман, name Able, name هابيل, name אבל, name Abèl, name Avraham, name Альбер, name הבל, name Абель, name Абеле, name Альберту, name آبل, name Абел, name Ghabél, name Ãbêl, name Havel, name Алберт, name Albert, name Avrohom, name Гавел, name Ábel, name אלברטו, name Àbel, name Ábél, name Ãbęl, name Ãbël, name Абэль, name Albrecht, name אברהם, name 阿贝尔, name Albus, name Альбрехт, name Abelard, name Abél, name אלברט, name Ábèl, name Ables, name Aapeli, name Âbêl, name Абрам, name Авель, name Альберт, name Альберто, name Alberto, name Àbèl

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Abel	Tanzania, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria
هابيل	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Syria
Абел	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Russia, Armenia
Абель	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Kyrgyzstan
阿贝尔	China
אבל	Israel

First names said to be same

Aabel, Aapeli, Abelard, Abele, Able, Ables, Abèl, Abél, Abël, Albert, Alberto, Albrecht, Albrechtas, Albrekt, Albus, Avraham, Avrohom, Ghabél, Havel, Àbel, Àbèl, Ábel, Ábèl, Ábél, Âbêl, Ãbêl, Ãbël, Ãbęl, Абеле, Абрам, Абэль, Авель, Авраам, Алберт, Алберто, Албрехт, Альбер, Альберт, Альберто, Альберту, Альбрехт, Альбэрт, Гавел, Тасман, אברהם, אלברט, אלברטו, הבל, آبل, آلبرت,

First name Abel in the context

Abel is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Abel , the Biblical figure, Genesis 4; Abel Magwitch , the fictional character, Great Expectations; Abel , the DC Comics character, Lucifer; Abel Martín , the Spanish philosopher and fiction poet and Abel , character in Street Fighter, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	abel de reims Catholic saint and suffragan bishop of Reims, FR (b. 700)
	abel King of Denmark, DE (b. 1218)
	abel, lord of langeland Lord of Langeland, part of the royal family (b. 1252)
	abel van coulster Dutch knight and lord of Coulster, NL (b. 1477)
	abel van colster Abel van Colster, a correspondent of Desiderius Erasmus, cf. Contemporaries of Erasmus I, 332, NL (b. 1477)
	abel eppens Dutch writer, NL (b. 1534)
	abel foullon Engineer and director of a mint, FR (b. 1513)
	abel mathieu French writer (1520-15__), FR (b. 1520)
	abel brunier French physician (1573-1665), FR (b. 1573)
	abel will RU (b. 1515)
	abel de sainte-marthe (b. 1566)
	abel scherdiger (b. 1525)
	abel stimmer Swiss artist, 1542- (b. 1542)
	abel servien French statesman and diplomat, FR (b. 1593)
	abel frankena politician, NL (b. 1550)