Amabilia Forename

103,580th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 4,427 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Guatemala
Highest density in:
Guatemala

Amabilia 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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Amabilia Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guatemala
 
99%
2,1321:7,556774
Mexico
100%
6011:206,5633,643
Brazil
100%
5111:419,24914,586
Uruguay
100%
2441:14,048912
Peru
100%
2301:138,2244,281
United States
100%
2071:1,751,38630,520
Ecuador-1671:106,1492,520
Italy
100%
1111:550,1095,711
Argentina
100%
831:515,3403,745
Spain
100%
521:894,8078,299
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Costa Rica
100%
181:264,8865,347
El Salvador-151:422,7864,141
Honduras
100%
81:1,102,18311,893
Belize
100%
51:70,8624,575
Venezuela-41:7,550,47390,577
Colombia-31:15,926,30951,235
Chile
100%
21:8,803,60433,591
Germany-11:96,677,87695,912
England
100%
11:55,602,921189,715
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387
Canada-11:33,133,372113,810
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904

The alternate forms: Amabília (1) are calculated separately.

Amabilia (26) may also be a surname.

Amabilia 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 Amabel was later shortened to Mabel q.v., and was gradually superseded by it.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

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