Amable

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Spanish: kind, amiable, gracious

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/amable/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Amable is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ecuador than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ECEcuador1 in 6.9K(measured from records)
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 8.5K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 11K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ecuador (measured from records)

2,453 people, 2024

Sources
93 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Ecuador

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

kind, amiable, gracious

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

How Amable is read(measured from records)

Amable is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish76%

    kind, amiable, gracious

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    Del latín amabilis, 'amable'.

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • English7.4%

    Friendly, pleasant.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Amable counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Amable is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EC Ecuador#2652,4531 in 6.9K2.5KAmable27
VE Venezuela—1,8941 in 15K1.9KAmable25
DO Dominican Republic#326≈1,200 est.≈1 in 8.5K—Amable28
ES Spain—1,1121 in 45K1.2KAmable68
PH Philippines—≈850 est.≈1 in 128K—Amable18
CR Costa Rica#3404451 in 11K445Amable9
PA Panama—≈170 est.≈1 in 22K5—8

2,453 people counted by INEC — civil registry names, 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INEC — civil registry names; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Amable is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Spain, Peru

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Ãmãble, Amāblę

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, Ecuador, United States

    Also written Amablé

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru, Qatar

    Also written Amablé

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Amable is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Filipino, amiable; kind; friendly

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Catalan, kind, nice, friendly

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Galician, lovable

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Amable de Bourzeis, b. 1606Antoine Trutat, b. 1781Amable Jourdain, b. 1788Amable-Paul Coutan, b. 1792Amable Tastu, b. 1795Désiré, b. 1823Amable Jodoin, b. 1828Thomas Chapais, b. 1858Amable Audin, b. 1899Amable de Sablon du Corail, b. 1976

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Amable,Hi Amable, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 37 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Amable
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—2.9K—
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names20242.5K#425
VE Venezuelaasosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996)—1.9K#861
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—1.2K#1,087
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—1.1K#2,677
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—445#900
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—361#2,647
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)196696—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)196583—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)195053—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)195352—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)195152—

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Amable mean, and where does it come from?
kind, amiable, gracious Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Amable?
A machine transcription gives /amable/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Amable a male or female name?
Amable is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Amable have the most bearers?
In Ecuador, the national register counted about 2.5 thousand people named Amable, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled amable.
Where is Amable most common?
Amable is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 6.9 thousand people carrying it.
What are other forms of the name Amable?
In the etymology graph, Amabilis is a form of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Amable?
In Ecuador, the national register counted 2,453 people named Amable in 2024, about 1 in 6.9 thousand residents.
How common is Amable compared with other names?
In Ecuador, Amable is the 265th most common given name of 27,061 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Amable” — the 265th most common given name in Ecuador. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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