Abel - Name Meaning, Origin and History


Name:
Abel
Pronunciation:
/ˈeɪbəl/
Gender:
Male
Origin:
Hebrew
Religion:
Christian;Jewish
Meaning:
Breath;vanity;vapor
Variations:
Abelardo;Able;Abell;Abil;Abile;Abilio;Abelino
The name Abel, derived from the Hebrew word "hebel" meaning "breath" or "vapor," has deep roots in both Christian and Jewish traditions. In the Bible, Abel is the second son of Adam and Eve, known for his righteousness and tragic murder by his brother Cain. This biblical narrative has cemented Abel's place in religious texts and teachings. Historically, the name has been used across various cultures, often symbolizing innocence and purity. Variants like Abelardo and Abilio are popular in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries, while Abel remains a unisex name in some regions, though predominantly male. In modern times, Abel has seen a resurgence in popularity, particularly in Scandinavian countries and France. Notable bearers include Abel Tasman, the Dutch explorer, and Abel Ferrara, the American filmmaker. The name's simplicity and profound biblical association make it a timeless choice, often paired with sibling names like Seth or Eve. Personality traits associated with Abel include sensitivity, creativity, and a strong moral compass.

Popularity of The Name Abel

Abel's popularity has fluctuated over time but has seen a notable increase in recent years, particularly in Europe. It ranks highly in Norway, Sweden, and France, reflecting a trend towards biblical names with a simple, classic sound.

Famous People Named Abel

Abel Tasman
Dutch explorer who discovered Tasmania
Abel Ferrara
American filmmaker known for controversial films
Abel Pann
Ukrainian-born Israeli painter and illustrator

Interesting Facts About the Name Abel

Most common surname :
Smith, Johnson, Williams
Most common spouse name :
Sarah, Eve, Rachel
Most common child name :
Seth, Cain, Noah
Peak birth year :
2019 in Norway
Characteristics :
Sensitive, creative, morally strong
Professional orientation :
Arts, exploration, humanities
Historical significance :
Biblical figure symbolizing innocence
Pop culture significance :
Referenced in literature and film
Linguistic origin :
Derived from Hebrew "hebel" meaning "breath" or "vapor

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The most popular genealogy profiles named Abel

Abel Tremblay Abel Gagnon Abel Huard Abel Lavoie
Abel Cote Abel Girard Abel Grenier Abel Martel
Abel Lebrasseur Abel Simard Abel Bouchard Abel Morin
Abel Dufour Abel Theriault Abel Belanger Abel Perron
Abel Gagne Abel Roussy Abel Chapados Abel Ouellet
Abel Bouffard Abel Desbiens Abel Savard Abel Poirier
Abel Jourdain Abel Fortin Abel Dube Abel Martin
Abel Violette Abel Audet Abel Bernier Abel Boisvert
Abel Otis Abel Bergeron Abel Leblanc Abel Roy
Abel Cyr Abel Fournier Abel Gauthier Abel Michaud
Abel Michon Abel Brassard Abel Villeneuve Abel Potvin
Abel Boudreault Abel Richard Abel Rehel Abel Pelletier
Abel Lefebvre Abel Allaire Abel Dugas Abel Godin
Abel Guay Abel Harvey Abel Lapointe Abel Turcotte
Abel Caron Abel Dumont Abel Mercier Abel Pitre
Abel Allain Abel Gaudreau Abel Larocque Abel Castilloux
Abel Rioux Abel Chouinard Abel Ouellette Abel Laforest
Abel Beliveau Abel Arsenault Abel Couillard Abel David
Abel Gregoire Abel Grondin Abel Leclerc Abel Lesage
Abel Levasseur Abel Levesque Abel Prevost Abel Ranger
Abel Rousseau Abel Blanchette Abel Bolduc Abel Demers
Abel Gallant Abel Inkel Abel Mongeau Abel Pilote
Abel Racine Abel Rochette Abel Bleau Abel Fafard
Abel Lafrance Abel Langlois Abel Delarosbil Abel Jugnon
Abel Apollon Abel Bellefleur Abel Bellemare Abel Bernard
Abel Breton Abel Briand Abel Chenier Abel Germain
Abel Gomes Abel Guitard Abel Legere Abel Montminy
Abel Paquet Abel St-Sauveur Abel Labrie Abel Aldrich
Abel Bentley Abel Blacksmith Abel Bourdages Abel Bourque
Abel Boutet Abel Boutin Abel Brownrigg Abel Cauchon
Abel Chabot Abel Charbonneau Abel Crepeau Abel Degagnier
Abel Desfosses Abel Dion Abel Duquette Abel Friart
Abel Gendreau Abel Gravel Abel Guenette Abel Hall
Abel Labbe Abel Lacelle Abel Lalancette Abel Larouche
Abel Maheu Abel Maltais Abel Parise Abel Plourde
Abel Provost Abel Robert Abel Rodrigue Abel Rodriguez
Abel Ruest Abel Saucier Abel Sauve Abel St-Laurent
Abel Thibault Abel Whissell Abel Adams Abel Alain
Abel Albert Abel Aspirot Abel Beaudry Abel Bonneau
Abel Caya Abel Cormier Abel Dawson Abel Forest
Abel Hervieux Abel Lalonde Abel Maldemay Abel Marion
Abel Otisse Abel Rousselle Abel St-Hilaire Abel Valin
Abel Blondin Abel Carlos Abel Gonthier Abel Joseph
Abel Morril Abel Sureau Abel Caissie Abel Collette
Abel Doucet Abel Doucette Abel Furtado Abel Guilbault
Abel Guiot Abel Jacqueline Abel Jean-Charles Abel Leclair
Abel Morency Abel Pereira Abel Ramsundar Abel Rancourt
Abel Roger Abel Tardif Abel Yves Abel Alves
Abel Bay Abel Brunhilde Abel Cabral Abel Contois
Abel Diaz Abel Ferreira Abel Fortes Abel Garcia
Abel Gilbert Abel Goulart Abel Hamilton Abel Hidalgo
Abel Howard Abel Howell Abel Hulzebos Abel Ibarra
Abel Lewis Abel Medeiros Abel Molter Abel Pintson
Abel Piza Abel Savage Abel Torres Abel Urbina
Abel Zamora Abel Amyotte Abel Angel Abel Arseneau
Abel Audet-Lapointe Abel Auger Abel Babin Abel Badeau
Abel Barbe Abel Baron Abel Beaucage Abel Beaudoin
Abel Beaufield Abel Beaulieu Abel Bedard Abel Belhumeur
Abel Belley Abel Belliveau Abel Benoist Abel Benoit-Abel
Abel Bernatchez Abel Bertrand Abel Billayd Abel Billon
Abel Biron Abel Bisson Abel Blanchet Abel Boivin
Abel Bonin Abel Bordages Abel Boudreau Abel Bouliane
Abel Bourgeois Abel Bourgoin Abel Bousez Abel Bousquet
Abel Boynton-Sweeney Abel Brouillard Abel Buford Abel Caissie-Casey
Abel Calkins Abel Capes Abel Casey Abel Castaneda
Abel Castrejou-Herrera Abel Cauvin Abel Cazabonne Abel Chapman
Abel Charette Abel Chartrand Abel Chase Abel Chasse
Abel Chevarie Abel Chevrette Abel Chorette Abel Clerk
Abel Cloutier Abel Coad Abel Codega Abel Connors
Abel Constant Abel Cook Abel Cooligan Abel Cord
Abel Courchesne Abel Crevier Abel Da Abel Daigle
Abel Dansereau Abel Dareche Abel Dauphin Abel Dedieu-De
Abel Defains Abel Deladurantaye Abel Desantis Abel Desaulniers
Abel Desbien Abel Deschenes Abel Deschesnes Abel Desgagne
Abel Desgagnes Abel Desilles Abel Deslauriers Abel Desrochers
Abel Dionne Abel Drouin Abel Dubeau Abel Ducasse
Abel Duchene Abel Duchesne Abel Dufresne Abel Duguay
Abel Duplessis Abel Durepos Abel Eastman Abel Edmond
Abel Elofson Abel Emond Abel Fafart Abel Foisy
Abel Fontaine Abel Forbes Abel Foster Abel Gaenjon
Abel Gatien Abel Gaudet Abel George Abel Gill
Abel Gingras Abel Godreau Abel Godreault Abel Gosselin
Abel Guibeau Abel Guilbeault Abel Guillot Abel Guimond-Guimont
Abel Hamel Abel Hamelin Abel Hardouin Abel Holdsworth
Abel Holt Abel Hudon Abel Huot Abel Jacobs
Abel Jawanigwane Abel Jordan Abel Kitchen Abel L-Allier
Abel Labelle Abel Labossiere Abel Labourliere-Laplante Abel Labranche
Abel Lacasse Abel Lachance Abel Ladouceur Abel Lahaye
Abel Lainesse-Laliberte Abel Lamarre Abel Lamothe Abel Langlais
Abel Langlais-Serien Abel Laramee Abel Laurier Abel Lavallee
Abel Lebel Abel Leblond Abel Lecot Abel Leduc
Abel Leger Abel Leiva Abel Lemire Abel Lepage
Abel Letourneau Abel Leveque Abel Lussier Abel Madore-Forbes
Abel Mandeville Abel Manseau Abel Marchand Abel Marcotte
Abel Marentette Abel Markham Abel Marquis Abel Masse
Abel Massicotte Abel Mathys Abel McNicoll Abel Menard
Abel Metellus Abel Mignault Abel Migneault Abel Moisan
Abel Moisan-Moysan Abel Mollot Abel Montmigny Abel Moreau
Abel Moses Abel Nadeau Abel Nadon Abel Nagytothy-Toth
Abel Neepash Abel Neolet Abel Oliveira Abel Olivier

The most popular genealogy profiles named Abel

Abel Tremblay Abel Gagnon
Abel Huard Abel Lavoie
Abel Cote Abel Girard
Abel Grenier Abel Martel
Abel Lebrasseur Abel Simard
Abel Bouchard Abel Morin
Abel Dufour Abel Theriault
Abel Belanger Abel Perron
Abel Gagne Abel Roussy
Abel Chapados Abel Ouellet
Abel Bouffard Abel Desbiens
Abel Savard Abel Poirier
Abel Jourdain Abel Fortin
Abel Dube Abel Martin
Abel Violette Abel Audet
Abel Bernier Abel Boisvert
Abel Otis Abel Bergeron
Abel Leblanc Abel Roy
Abel Cyr Abel Fournier
Abel Gauthier Abel Michaud
Abel Michon Abel Brassard
Abel Villeneuve Abel Potvin
Abel Boudreault Abel Richard
Abel Rehel Abel Pelletier
Abel Lefebvre Abel Allaire
Abel Dugas Abel Godin
Abel Guay Abel Harvey
Abel Lapointe Abel Turcotte
Abel Caron Abel Dumont
Abel Mercier Abel Pitre
Abel Allain Abel Gaudreau
Abel Larocque Abel Castilloux
Abel Rioux Abel Chouinard
Abel Ouellette Abel Laforest
Abel Beliveau Abel Arsenault
Abel Couillard Abel David
Abel Gregoire Abel Grondin
Abel Leclerc Abel Lesage
Abel Levasseur Abel Levesque
Abel Prevost Abel Ranger
Abel Rousseau Abel Blanchette
Abel Bolduc Abel Demers
Abel Gallant Abel Inkel
Abel Mongeau Abel Pilote
Abel Racine Abel Rochette
Abel Bleau Abel Fafard
Abel Lafrance Abel Langlois
Abel Delarosbil Abel Jugnon
Abel Apollon Abel Bellefleur
Abel Bellemare Abel Bernard
Abel Breton Abel Briand
Abel Chenier Abel Germain
Abel Gomes Abel Guitard
Abel Legere Abel Montminy
Abel Paquet Abel St-Sauveur
Abel Labrie Abel Aldrich
Abel Bentley Abel Blacksmith
Abel Bourdages Abel Bourque
Abel Boutet Abel Boutin
Abel Brownrigg Abel Cauchon
Abel Chabot Abel Charbonneau
Abel Crepeau Abel Degagnier
Abel Desfosses Abel Dion
Abel Duquette Abel Friart
Abel Gendreau Abel Gravel
Abel Guenette Abel Hall
Abel Labbe Abel Lacelle
Abel Lalancette Abel Larouche
Abel Maheu Abel Maltais
Abel Parise Abel Plourde
Abel Provost Abel Robert
Abel Rodrigue Abel Rodriguez
Abel Ruest Abel Saucier
Abel Sauve Abel St-Laurent
Abel Thibault Abel Whissell
Abel Adams Abel Alain
Abel Albert Abel Aspirot
Abel Beaudry Abel Bonneau
Abel Caya Abel Cormier
Abel Dawson Abel Forest
Abel Hervieux Abel Lalonde
Abel Maldemay Abel Marion
Abel Otisse Abel Rousselle
Abel St-Hilaire Abel Valin
Abel Blondin Abel Carlos
Abel Gonthier Abel Joseph
Abel Morril Abel Sureau
Abel Caissie Abel Collette
Abel Doucet Abel Doucette
Abel Furtado Abel Guilbault
Abel Guiot Abel Jacqueline
Abel Jean-Charles Abel Leclair
Abel Morency Abel Pereira
Abel Ramsundar Abel Rancourt
Abel Roger Abel Tardif
Abel Yves Abel Alves
Abel Bay Abel Brunhilde
Abel Cabral Abel Contois
Abel Diaz Abel Ferreira
Abel Fortes Abel Garcia

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Other family names that are common with Abel

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Family Name Popularity
Tremblay 5.53%
Gagnon 2.37%
Huard 1.84%
Lavoie 1.75%
Cote 1.67%
Grenier 1.58%
Girard 1.58%
Martel 1.4%
Lebrasseur 1.32%
Simard 1.32%
Bouchard 1.23%
Dufour 1.05%
Morin 1.05%
Theriault 0.96%
Perron 0.88%
Roussy 0.88%
Belanger 0.88%
Gagne 0.88%
Chapados 0.7%
Desbiens 0.61%

Discover common family names associated with the first name Abel to help you find related genealogy records.

Family Name Popularity
Tremblay 5.53%
Gagnon 2.37%
Huard 1.84%
Lavoie 1.75%
Cote 1.67%
Grenier 1.58%
Girard 1.58%
Martel 1.4%
Lebrasseur 1.32%
Simard 1.32%
Bouchard 1.23%
Dufour 1.05%
Morin 1.05%
Theriault 0.96%
Perron 0.88%
Roussy 0.88%
Belanger 0.88%
Gagne 0.88%
Chapados 0.7%
Desbiens 0.61%

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