Abelard Forename

300,583rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 748 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Abelard Forename Definition:

Now extremely rare, Abelard was originally Teutonic (‘noble firmness’) but is most famous as the surname of that Gallic priest and scholar (1079-1142) whose too famous love-affair has been so arrestingly commemorated by Pope in his not so Classical poem, ‘Eloisa to Abelard’, 1717, by George Moore in ‘Héloise and Abéard’, 1921, and by Helen Waddell in her novel, Peter Abelard, 1933.

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Abelard Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo
100%
3081:239,70010,081
Brazil
100%
1341:1,598,77736,224
United States
100%
911:3,983,92353,341
Haiti
100%
701:153,2427,528
Philippines
100%
531:2,000,17944,572
Spain
100%
381:1,224,4739,456
Liberia
100%
61:735,34418,173
Cameroon
67%
 
41:5,402,62668,032
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Gabon-41:470,8342,822
Kosovo-41:465,36011,976
Canada-31:11,044,45776,719
Russia-31:48,077,90198,779
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
India
100%
31:404,959,3243,244,417
Ivory Coast
100%
21:11,537,96695,271
Germany-21:48,338,93872,742
France
100%
21:33,235,17058,100
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Turkey-11:77,801,70991,051
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159

The alternate forms: Abélard (4) are calculated separately.

Abelard (2,197) may also be a surname.

Abelard Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Now extremely rare, Abelard was originally Teutonic (‘noble firmness’) but is most famous as the surname of that Gallic priest and scholar (1079-1142) whose too famous love-affair has been so arrestingly commemorated by Pope in his not so Classical poem, ‘Eloisa to Abelard’, 1717, by George Moore in ‘Héloise and Abéard’, 1921, and by Helen Waddell in her novel, Peter Abelard, 1933.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Teutonic name, meaning: Of noble firmness.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Abelard Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Abelard Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Abelard in the Russian language
Абелардabelard-

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