Gender:
Origin:
Hebrew
723 famous people named Abel found on Wikipedia.
52774 male, 124 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
146-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
124-th in year 2015
Used in: Biblical, English, French, Georgian, Portuguese, Spanish
Abel is a biblical first name which may derive from the Hebrew Hebel, itself derived from hevel (breath or vapour), or from the Assyrian for son. In reference to the biblical story, Abel is usually linked with his brother who killed him, as Cain and Abel.
Based on its occurrence in the Bible the name Abel has been used in many European languages; in English it was mostly used by the Puritans in the 17th century.
The variants used in the Russian language are "А́бель" (Abel) and "А́вель" (Avel). in Finnish it is spelled Aapeli.
Masc. proper name, in the Old Testament the second son of Adam and Eve, from Hebrew Hebhel, literally "breath," also "vanity;" "so called from his short life and sudden death" [Thayer].
Breath; son; breathing spirit.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Jake Abel | 1987 | American television actor |
2 | Abel Tasman | 1603 | Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant |
3 | Abel Trujillo | 1983 | American mixed martial artist |
4 | Abel Ferrara | 1951 | Film director |
5 | Niels Henrik Abel | 1802 | Norwegian mathematician |
6 | Abel Meeropol | 1903 | American songwriter |
7 | Abel Xavier | 1972 | Portuguese footballer |
8 | Raja Abel | 1978 | Film actor |
9 | Jennifer Abel | 1991 | Diver |
10 | Abel Magwitch | ||
11 | Anita Ábel | 1975 | Hungarian actress |
12 | Abel Muzorewa | 1925 | Rhodesian Prime Minister |
13 | Abel Ayala | 1988 | Argentinian actor |
14 | Abel Korzeniowski | 1972 | Polish composer |
15 | Abel Maldonado | 1967 | American politician |
16 | Abel Albino | 1946 | Argentinian physician and pediatrician |
17 | Abel Gance | 1889 | French film director and producer, writer and actor |
18 | Sibylle Abel | 1956 | German politician |
19 | Abel Aguilar Quillero | 1985 | Colombian footballer |
20 | Abel Balbo | 1966 | Argentine footballer and manager |
21 | Abel Cahen | 1934 | Dutch architect |
22 | Walter Abel | 1898 | Actor |
23 | Sid Abel | 1918 | Ice hockey player |
24 | Zak Abel | ||
25 | Abel Fernandez | 1930 | American actor |
26 | Alfred Abel | 1879 | German actor and director |
27 | Carl Friedrich Abel | 1723 | German composer |
28 | Abel Braga | 1952 | Brazilian footballer |
29 | Ron Abel | 1950 | Dutch politician |
30 | Abel P. Upshur | 1790 | Lawyer and politician |
31 | Anicet Andrianantenaina | 1990 | Malagasy footballer |
32 | Abel Martínez Durán | 1972 | |
33 | Abel Tamata | 1990 | Dutch professional footballer |
34 | Zachary Abel | 1980 | American television actor |
35 | Abel Santamaría | 1927 | Cuban revolutionary |
36 | Abel Dhaira | 1987 | Ugandan footballer |
37 | Abel Wolman | 1892 | American scientist |
38 | Abel Resino | 1960 | Spanish football player/manager/coach |
39 | Abel Rodríguez | 1893 | Argentinian writer and journalist |
40 | Abel Camará | 1990 | Footballer |
41 | Abel Barriola Ezkurra | 1978 | Spanish player of basque pelota |
42 | Elijah Abel | 1808 | First black elder and seventy in the Latter Day Saint Movement |
43 | Abel Danos | 1904 | French contract killer |
44 | Barbara Abel | 1969 | Belgian writer |
45 | Abel Matutes | 1941 | Spanish politician |
46 | Abel Kirui | 1982 | Kenyan long-distance runner |
47 | Abel Salazar | 1917 | Actor |
48 | Jessica Abel | 1969 | Comic book writer, artist |
49 | Frederick Abel | 1827 | Chemist |
50 | Abel Maharramov | 1950 | |
51 | Abel Woolrich | 1947 | Mexican actor |
52 | Abel Romeo Castillo | 1904 | |
53 | Abel Pintos | 1984 | Argentinian singer |
54 | John Jacob Abel | 1857 | American biochemist and pharmacologist |
55 | Abel Jafri | 1965 | French actor |
56 | Abel Pacheco | 1933 | Costa Rican physician and politician |
57 | Abel Stearns | 1798 | American mayor |
58 | Abel Costas Montaño | 1920 | Catholic bishop |
59 | Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce | 1834 | American businessman |
60 | Abel Estanislao | 1995 | Filipino actor and model |
61 | Abel Parente | ||
62 | Abel Kiviat | 1892 | Athletics competitor |
63 | Abel Gonzales | 1969 | |
64 | Morten Abel | 1962 | Norwegian musician |
65 | Robert Abel | 1937 | Film director |
66 | Abel Ferreira | 1978 | Portuguese football player/manager |
67 | Fr. Abel | 1920 | Catholic priest |
68 | Abel Casquete | 1997 | Ecuadorian footballer |
69 | Abel Aubert Dupetit Thouars | 1793 | French Naval Vice-Admiral |
70 | Jack Abel | 1927 | Comic book artist |
71 | Abel Gigli | 1990 | Italian footballer |
72 | Abel Seyler | 1730 | Theatre director |
73 | Abel Alier | 1933 | Politician |
74 | Abel Soria | 1937 | Uruguayan writer |
75 | Abel Clemmons | 1772 | |
76 | Rudolph E. Abel | 1902 | |
77 | Abel Antón | 1962 | Spanish long-distance runner |
78 | Abel De Los Santos | 1992 | Dominican baseball player |
79 | Hazel Abel | 1888 | American politician |
80 | Myriam Abel | 1981 | French singer |
81 | Abel Bonnard | 1883 | French writer, poet and politician |
82 | Abel Visconti | 1932 | Argentinian singer and musician |
83 | Abel Mestre | 1980 | French journalist |
84 | Abel Carlevaro | 1916 | Uruguayan musician |
85 | Abel Corbin | 1808 | American financier |
86 | Abel Soriano | 1983 | Argentinian association football player |
87 | Rudolf Abel | 1868 | Bakteriolog |
88 | Abel Pêra | 1891 | Brazilian actor |
89 | Abel Streight | 1828 | Union Army general |
90 | Abel Cullum | 1987 | American martial artist |
91 | Abel Heywood | 1810 | British politician and publisher |
92 | Abel-François Poisson | 1727 | French Marquess |
93 | Abel Gebor | 1990 | Liberian footballer |
94 | Abel Douay | 1809 | French general |
95 | Othenio Abel | 1875 | Paleontologist, paleobiologist |
96 | Abel Servien | 1593 | French statesman and diplomat |
97 | Abel Gómez Moreno | 1982 | Spanish footballer |
98 | Thomas Abel | 1497 | English priest and Catholic martyr |
99 | Abel Herzberg | 1893 | Dutch writer and poet |
100 | Abel Goumba | 1926 | Prime Minister of the Central African Republic |
101 | Abel Grimmer | 1570 | Painter from the Southern Netherlands |
102 | Bobby Abel | 1857 | Cricket player of England. |
103 | Abel Aganbegyan | 1932 | Economist |
104 | Abel Ramírez Águilar | 1943 | Mexican artist |
105 | Dominique Abel | 1962 | French actor, model, film director and writer |
106 | Wolfgang Abel | 1905 | Anthropologist |
107 | Abel of Reims | Catholic saint and suffragan bishop of Reims | |
108 | Paul G. Abel | 1979 | British writer and mathematician |
109 | David Abel | 1883 | Dutch cinematographer |
110 | Abel Nazario | 1970 | American mayor |
111 | Taffy Abel | 1900 | Ice hockey player from the United States |
112 | Elie Abel | 1920 | Journalist, author, academic |
113 | Abel Idowu Olayinka | ||
114 | Abel Chapman | 1851 | British conservationist |
115 | Inga Abel | 1946 | German actress |
116 | Abel Pann | 1883 | Israeli artist |
117 | Maximilian Abel | 1982 | German tennis player |
118 | Adolf Abel | 1882 | German architect |
119 | Abel Bravo | 1861 | Panamanian professor (1861-1934) |
120 | Abel Paz | 1921 | Spanish anarchist, former combatant and historian |
121 | Abel Herrero | 1969 | American politician |
122 | Abel Buell | 1742 | Published the first map of the new United States created by an American |
123 | Abel Lefranc | 1863 | Literature historian |
124 | Iorwith Wilbur Abel | 1908 | American labor leader |
125 | Olivier Abel | 1953 | French philosopher |
126 | Abel Miguel Suárez | 1991 | Spanish footballer |
127 | Gene Abel | Psychiatrist | |
128 | Abel Hoadley | 1844 | Confectioner |
129 | Lionel Abel | 1910 | Playwright |
130 | Abel Posse | 1934 | Argentine writer and diplomat |
131 | Abel Clarin de La Rive | 1855 | French historian, essayist, journalist, and anti-Masonic writer |
132 | Abel Chivukuvuku | 1957 | Angolan politician |
133 | Abel Guobadia | 1932 | Nigerian diplomat |
134 | Abel Hermant | 1861 | French writer |
135 | Abel Talamantez | 1978 | American singer |
136 | Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge | 1865 | Barbadian classical scholar |
137 | Abel Mutai | 1988 | Kenyan long-distance runner |
138 | Andrew Abel | 1952 | American scholar |
139 | Abel de Pujol | 1785 | French painter |
140 | Abel Amón | 1965 | |
141 | Otto Abel | 1905 | German composer |
142 | Abel Boyer | 1664 | French-English lexicographer, journalist and writer |
143 | Tom Abel | 1970 | American astronomer |
144 | Abel Guerra | 1954 | Mexican politician |
145 | Robbie Abel | 1989 | Australian rugby union player |
146 | Dirk Abel | 1958 | German mechanical engineer |
147 | Abel Pollet | ||
148 | Mary Abel | 1850 | American writer |
149 | Martin-Sebastian Abel | 1985 | German politician |
150 | Carl Abel | 1837 | German philologist |
151 | Abel Foullon | 1513 | Engineer and director of a mint |
152 | John Abel | 1578 | English carpenter and mason |
153 | Abel Prieto | 1950 | Cuban politician |
154 | Abel Lafleur | 1875 | French artist |
155 | Richard F. Abel | 1933 | |
156 | Abel Martínez | 1993 | Cuban association football player |
157 | Clamor Heinrich Abel | 1634 | German Baroque composer, violinist and organist |
158 | Abel Carter Wilder | 1828 | American politician |
159 | Clarke Abel | 1780 | British surgeon and naturalist |
160 | Abel Caballero | 1946 | Mayor of Vigo |
161 | Afonso Abel de Campos | 1962 | Angolan footballer |
162 | Abel Molinero Pons | 1989 | Spanish footballer |
163 | Roysten Abel | Indian theatre director | |
164 | Gerry Abel | 1944 | American ice hockey player |
165 | Karl von Abel | 1788 | Bavarian statesman |
166 | Annie Heloise Abel | 1873 | American historian born in England |
167 | Steve Abel | 1970 | New Zealand singer-songwriter |
168 | Edward Abel | 1931 | British chemist |
169 | Karl Abel | 1897 | German politician |
170 | Abel Nahmias | Film producer | |
171 | Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor | 1805 | French photographic inventor |
172 | Abel Silva | 1945 | |
173 | Abel Michéa | 1920 | French journalist |
174 | Ingo Abel | 1966 | German actor |
175 | Wise woman of Abel | Biblical character | |
176 | Abel Barrera Hernández | 1960 | Anthropologist |
177 | Edmund Abel | 1921 | American engineer |
178 | Josef Abel | 1914 | German soldier and Knight's Cross recipient |
179 | Caspar Abel | 1676 | Theologian, historian, poet |
180 | Samuel Abel | 1908 | Football player |
181 | Abel Stevens | 1815 | American Methodist clergy |
182 | Abel Moreno | 1944 | Spanish conductor and musicologist |
183 | George Abel | 1916 | Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic Gold Medalist |
184 | Mathias Abel | 1981 | German footballer |
185 | Mark Abel | 1948 | American Composer |
186 | Abel Castillo Pérez | 1939 | Panamanian writer |
187 | Abel Faivre | 1867 | French affichiste, painter and caricaturist |
188 | Abel Helman | 1824 | American pioneer |
189 | Abel Baer | 1893 | American songwriter, associated with Tin Pan Alley |
190 | Abel Moreno Zorrero | 1995 | Spanish association football player |
191 | Günter Abel | 1947 | Philosopher |
192 | Abel Davis | 1874 | Illinois National Guard officer |
193 | Graham Abel | 1960 | English football defender |
194 | Abel Thermeus | 1983 | Footballer |
195 | Abel Decaux | 1869 | French organist and composer |
196 | Abel Henry Smith | 1862 | British politician |
197 | Wilhelm Abel | 1904 | German economist |
198 | Abel Laudonio | 1938 | Argentine actor and Olympic boxer |
199 | Bruce Abel | 1936 | Bass singer; scholar |
200 | Abel Ayerza | 1861 | Argentinian doctor |