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

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