Abel Forename
775th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,105,771 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Eritrea
Abel Forename Definition:
A male name. the 2nd s. of Adam and Eve; the meaning of the name is obscure. It was a favourite christian name in the 13th C and gave rise to various surnames, such as Abel, Abell, Abelson, Able, and Nabb ,Nabbs (from the nickname Nab, cf.
Read More About This ForenameAbel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 152,239 | 1:815 | 160 |
| Mozambique | - | 74,878 | 1:364 | 64 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 62,424 | 1:2,844 | 516 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 50,059 | 1:1,055 | 227 |
| Angola | 100% | 45,887 | 1:588 | 111 |
| Argentina | 100% | 45,003 | 1:950 | 193 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 44,271 | 1:2,204 | 387 |
| United States | 100% | 43,468 | 1:8,340 | 968 |
| Brazil | 100% | 38,378 | 1:5,582 | 740 |
| Colombia | 100% | 32,981 | 1:1,449 | 215 |
| Peru | 100% | 31,196 | 1:1,019 | 208 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 29,197 | 1:163 | 59 |
| Uganda | 99% | 28,527 | 1:1,436 | 233 |
| Cuba | - | 28,408 | 1:405 | 104 |
| South Africa | 100% | 27,918 | 1:1,953 | 315 |
| Spain | 100% | 25,293 | 1:1,840 | 257 |
| Kenya | 100% | 21,600 | 1:2,144 | 402 |
| Zambia | - | 20,160 | 1:786 | 174 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 16,918 | 1:1,277 | 255 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 16,640 | 1:4,437 | 577 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 16,022 | 1:1,475 | 348 |
| Burundi | 100% | 14,483 | 1:684 | 212 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 13,405 | 1:1,202 | 246 |
| Philippines | 97% | 13,241 | 1:8,006 | 1,158 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 12,218 | 1:1,262 | 225 |
| Malawi | 99% | 12,057 | 1:1,419 | 292 |
| Central African Republic | - | 11,673 | 1:387 | 155 |
| Benin | 100% | 10,748 | 1:984 | 220 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 10,736 | 1:987 | 237 |
| Chile | 100% | 8,059 | 1:2,185 | 314 |
| Rwanda | - | 7,735 | 1:1,470 | 314 |
| Ecuador | - | 7,724 | 1:2,295 | 353 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 7,551 | 1:4,000 | 555 |
| Portugal | - | 7,490 | 1:1,390 | 185 |
| East Timor | - | 7,445 | 1:164 | 61 |
| Ghana | 100% | 7,136 | 1:3,782 | 527 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 5,882 | 1:3,125 | 436 |
| Chad | 100% | 5,561 | 1:2,445 | 345 |
| Panama | 100% | 5,363 | 1:728 | 108 |
| South Sudan | 99% | 5,187 | 1:2,227 | 365 |
| Honduras | 100% | 4,829 | 1:1,826 | 311 |
| El Salvador | - | 4,648 | 1:1,364 | 226 |
| France | 99% | 4,637 | 1:14,335 | 775 |
| Liberia | 99% | 4,524 | 1:975 | 188 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3,966 | 1:1,517 | 303 |
| Togo | - | 3,791 | 1:1,910 | 314 |
| Sudan | 100% | 3,768 | 1:10,034 | 1,267 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,552 | 1:2,937 | 468 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 3,531 | 1:2,309 | 264 |
| India | 100% | 2,764 | 1:439,536 | 36,715 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 2,551 | 1:2,837 | 541 |
| Indonesia | 63% | 2,377 | 1:108,525 | 12,010 |
| Mali | 100% | 2,375 | 1:7,149 | 658 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 2,276 | 1:10,139 | 1,097 |
| Congo | 100% | 2,247 | 1:2,229 | 363 |
| Namibia | - | 2,189 | 1:1,098 | 224 |
| Romania | 100% | 2,185 | 1:9,177 | 765 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1,930 | 1:2,470 | 417 |
| Guinea | 100% | 1,741 | 1:6,811 | 587 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,598 | 1:1,367 | 245 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,576 | 1:6,806 | 856 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 1,378 | 1:2,487 | 325 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,265 | 1:26,192 | 2,183 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,166 | 1:14,496 | 1,555 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,082 | 1:1,741 | 413 |
| England | 89% | 909 | 1:61,169 | 2,705 |
| Morocco | - | 819 | 1:41,940 | 1,893 |
| Swaziland | - | 666 | 1:1,952 | 434 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 505 | 1:60,297 | 4,767 |
| Poland | 96% | 471 | 1:80,737 | 1,882 |
| Belgium | 100% | 432 | 1:26,597 | 1,784 |
| Armenia | 100% | 417 | 1:6,999 | 716 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 417 | 1:1,393 | 264 |
| Senegal | 98% | 377 | 1:38,677 | 1,741 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 317 | 1:25,910 | 1,602 |
| Germany | 100% | 308 | 1:313,889 | 4,004 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Egypt | 100% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Cape Verde | - | 269 | 1:1,967 | 334 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 269 | 1:7,584 | 1,118 |
| Sweden | 100% | 265 | 1:37,200 | 2,163 |
| China | - | 243 | 1:5,621,629 | 55,923 |
| Vanuatu | - | 239 | 1:1,095 | 315 |
| Russia | 95% | 227 | 1:635,391 | 6,375 |
| Afghanistan | 64% | 209 | 1:156,093 | 4,440 |
| Georgia | 99% | 184 | 1:20,318 | 1,446 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 174 | 1:1,103 | 209 |
| Australia | - | 168 | 1:81,295 | 3,215 |
| Belize | 100% | 165 | 1:2,147 | 490 |
| Thailand | 100% | 164 | 1:427,231 | 21,350 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| Iraq | 100% | 159 | 1:220,238 | 3,644 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Kuwait | - | 133 | 1:28,461 | 2,834 |
| Israel | 98% | 130 | 1:64,638 | 3,512 |
| Singapore | 100% | 107 | 1:58,758 | 6,819 |
| French Polynesia | - | 97 | 1:2,865 | 584 |
| New Zealand | - | 95 | 1:47,748 | 2,645 |
| Guyana | 100% | 80 | 1:9,541 | 1,444 |
| Pakistan | 65% | 79 | 1:2,460,224 | 31,026 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 76 | 1:46,714 | 1,352 |
| Norway | 100% | 75 | 1:68,431 | 2,547 |
| Denmark | - | 64 | 1:88,273 | 2,673 |
| Italy | 96% | 62 | 1:984,872 | 8,569 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 61 | 1:9,247 | 779 |
| Qatar | 99% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Greenland | - | 58 | 1:972 | 218 |
| Hungary | 100% | 55 | 1:178,032 | 988 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 52 | 1:5,195 | 708 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 52 | 1:457,109 | 26,980 |
| Hong Kong | - | 42 | 1:184,589 | 3,204 |
| Lebanon | 90% | 39 | 1:144,297 | 3,762 |
| Scotland | 73% | 39 | 1:137,189 | 2,849 |
| Jamaica | - | 33 | 1:87,371 | 3,958 |
| Micronesia | - | 33 | 1:3,227 | 418 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 33 | 1:41,255 | 3,938 |
| Mauritius | - | 32 | 1:40,556 | 2,720 |
| Croatia | 100% | 30 | 1:140,569 | 2,926 |
| Ireland | 100% | 28 | 1:165,840 | 3,486 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 26 | 1:94,568 | 2,800 |
| Wales | 75% | 26 | 1:119,012 | 2,694 |
| Ukraine | 92% | 25 | 1:1,819,996 | 4,765 |
| Kazakhstan | 63% | 23 | 1:771,602 | 9,319 |
| Andorra | - | 21 | 1:3,947 | 389 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 19 | 1:507,523 | 10,355 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 18 | 1:295,004 | 1,634 |
| Algeria | 100% | 16 | 1:2,386,045 | 7,118 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Japan | - | 16 | 1:7,999,129 | 32,265 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 15 | 1:16,228 | 1,011 |
| Saint Lucia | 92% | 15 | 1:11,854 | 1,528 |
| Albania | 100% | 14 | 1:217,612 | 11,047 |
| Finland | 100% | 13 | 1:421,783 | 5,250 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Niger | 100% | 12 | 1:1,598,666 | 21,232 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 12 | 1:4,556 | 750 |
| Syria | - | 11 | 1:1,755,098 | 3,737 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| South Korea | - | 10 | 1:554,442 | 13,303 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 9 | 1:126,410 | 509 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| Oman | 100% | 8 | 1:513,583 | 5,181 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 7 | 1:585,034 | 11,039 |
| Moldova | - | 7 | 1:508,734 | 3,126 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Yemen | - | 6 | 1:4,382,792 | 4,591 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Austria | 100% | 4 | 1:2,128,550 | 10,134 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Nauru | 100% | 4 | 1:2,982 | 284 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Czechia | 88% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Greece | - | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Ábel (515), Abèl (2) & Abél (2) are calculated separately.
Abel (253,767) may also be a surname.
Abel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. the 2nd s. of Adam and Eve; the meaning of the name is obscure. It was a favourite christian name in the 13th C and gave rise to various surnames, such as Abel, Abell, Abelson, Able, and Nabb ,Nabbs (from the nickname Nab, cf. Abel in Jonson’s The Alchemist, who is called Nab), Ablet , Ablett from the diminutive Abel-ot. It had some revival in the 17th C. It is still in use in France.
Abel Curia Regis Rolls 1205-6, 1207-9, Hundred Rolls 1273. Abelot Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
This pleasantly manly name is, like Aaron, derived from the Hebrew (literally, breath), but, unlike Aaron, it is still bestowed on Jew and Gentile alike—to the advantage of both—though it is now given less frequently than in C18-19.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew Hebhél, which St. Jerome translates ‘vanity or vapour.’ Gesenius renders the name ‘breath,’ and says the son of Adam was probably so called from the shortness of his life; but, as Tregelles remarks, he had this name from his birth.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Ay'-bel, vanity, vapour, mourning. The second son of Adam and Eve. Gen. iv. 2.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: (1) (2d son of Adam), vanity (i.e., transitory): (2), mourning, or a meadow.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: A breath: vapor: transitoriness: vanity. (Assyro-Babylonian) Son.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Abel Forename Popularity
Abel Demographics
Abel Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 4,066 (2014)
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Abel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abel in the Russian language | ||
| Абел | abel | - |
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