Amabel Forename

124,238th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,313 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Amabel Forename Definition:

A female name. this is apparently the Latin adj amabilis, ‘lovable’. It appears in Latin as Amabilis, Amabilia, Amabilla, and in the vernacular as Amabel, Amable, Amiable from the 12th C onwards. An early example was one of the three coheiresses of William Earl of Gloucester (d.

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Amabel Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines
 
98%
1,4151:74,9184,674
United States
100%
2771:1,308,79825,078
Cameroon
100%
2151:100,5145,253
Mexico
 
95%
2151:577,4166,073
Brazil
100%
1881:1,139,55428,712
Argentina
 
75%
1331:321,6033,047
Nigeria
100%
1111:1,599,67934,345
El Salvador-981:64,7121,785
Uruguay
100%
891:38,5131,582
Peru
 
98%
761:418,3097,987
Panama
100%
681:57,4493,596
Colombia
100%
641:746,5469,696
England
 
98%
481:1,158,39418,168
Venezuela
100%
391:774,40818,104
Qatar
100%
361:65,8228,074
Spain
100%
321:1,454,06110,156
India
 
67%
301:40,495,932746,646
Dominican Republic-251:417,25113,014
Ecuador-171:1,042,7608,001
Chile
100%
161:1,100,4509,633
Canada-151:2,208,89131,635
Taiwan-101:2,376,96855,480
Honduras
100%
91:979,71911,190
Indonesia
100%
91:28,662,630639,955
Switzerland-61:1,368,91614,223
Singapore
100%
51:1,257,41116,611
Uganda
 
75%
41:10,239,23065,177
Australia-41:3,414,40625,298
Puerto Rico-41:887,5754,962
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Nicaragua
100%
41:1,504,58416,652
Trinidad and Tobago-31:453,80618,410
United States Virgin Islands-31:36,5823,060
Costa Rica
100%
31:1,589,31614,648
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Guatemala-21:8,054,21410,362
Israel
100%
21:4,201,45930,777
Albania
100%
21:1,523,28533,816
South Africa
100%
21:27,266,324304,698
Scotland
100%
21:2,675,18318,328
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Aruba-11:103,7802,838

Amabel Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. this is apparently the Latin adj amabilis, ‘lovable’. It appears in Latin as Amabilis, Amabilia, Amabilla, and in the vernacular as Amabel, Amable, Amiable from the 12th C onwards. An early example was one of the three coheiresses of William Earl of Gloucester (d. 1183). Amabel was later shortened to Mabel q.v., and was gradually superseded by it. It seldom appears between the 14th and the 19th C whin it was revived, with other medieval names, by the writers of romances; but in the 12th and 13th C it was a very common name. See also Annabel, Annabella, Arabel, Arabella.

Amabilis Curia Regis Rolls 1189, 1219. Amabilia Curia Regis Rolls 1218, Feudal Aids 1284. Amabilla Feudal Aids 1316. Amable Hundred Rolls 1273, D’Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy 1684. Amabil, Amable, Amiable Testa de Neville, or Book of Fees, temp. Hen. III-Edw. I 13th C.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

AMABELLA. A mostly American variant of Amy, probably on the analogy of Annabel, Annabella; or else an Anglicisation of French aimable or a derivative from Latin amabilis, lovable.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A female name. from the Latin amabilis, amiable, worthy to be loved, lovely. The name has been Latinised to Mabilia, and the Italian form is Mabella.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Latin (feminine) - Beloved.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

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