Abel



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

Meanings

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.

Famous People: 723 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
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