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

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