Amable Forename

38,216th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 19,712 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Amable 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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Amable Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador-4,1361:4,286516
Dominican Republic-3,3231:3,139496
Venezuela
99%
 
2,0871:14,4711,385
Mexico
 
98%
1,8221:68,1362,133
Spain
77%
 
1,6941:27,4681,424
Cuba-1,1521:9,988771
Costa Rica
 
97%
9931:4,802623
Philippines
83%
 
8281:128,0316,613
Ghana
100%
7871:34,2902,099
Peru
 
75%
5461:58,2262,712
Chile
99%
 
5031:35,0041,481
United States
84%
 
4421:820,21918,385
Panama
80%
 
4081:9,5751,298
Argentina
 
54%
3951:108,2871,942
Colombia-2991:159,7964,191
Brazil
 
67%
1221:1,756,03438,607
Canada-421:788,89017,380
France
98%
 
181:3,692,79717,000
Guatemala
100%
161:1,006,7774,653
Israel
100%
141:600,20810,774
Ivory Coast
100%
141:1,648,28141,086
Honduras
100%
91:979,71911,190
Uruguay-91:380,8495,148
Switzerland
83%
 
61:1,368,91614,223
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
Mauritius-41:324,4465,754
England
50%
 
41:13,900,73089,263
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
India-31:404,959,3243,244,417
Belgium
100%
31:3,830,01425,398
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Andorra-21:41,444944
Germany
85%
 
21:48,338,93872,742
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Turkey
100%
11:77,801,70991,051
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Scotland
69%
 
11:5,350,36624,769
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
El Salvador-11:6,341,78616,428
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835

Amable (8,878) may also be a surname.

Amable 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

Amable Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aimable9288,411/
Amables927/
Amablie927/
Amabley924/
Hamable923/
Ameable922/
Amablet922/
Aamable921/
Ammable921/
Amablle921/
Amablei921/
Amabl911/
Amabelle861,714/
Amabille86236/
Amabylle8654/
Hamaible861/
Aimmable861/
Hamablie861/
Amabel833,313/
Amabil83174/
Emable83107/
Amably8358/
Amabli8331/
Amabla836/
Amavle832/
Amabyl831/
Ameble831/
Omable831/
Ammabelle80105/
Amabellee804/
Amabilles804/
Amaebelle803/
Hamabylle803/
Amabellle802/
Aimabelle802/
Amabillie802/
Hamabille802/
Ammabille801/
Amabellea801/
Amabelles801/
Amabellie801/
Ahmabelle801/
Amabielle801/
Amabillle801/
Amabell7798/
Ammabel7766/
Amablio7745/
Emmable7744/
Aimeble7742/
Amablly7725/
Amabiel7723/
Amablia7715/
Gamabel778/
Asmabel776/
Hamably775/
Amaybel774/
Amablis774/
Ameabla773/
Hamabel773/
Ameabel772/
Amahbel772/
Hamabil772/
Gamabil771/
Eumable771/
Aamabel771/
Amabelt771/
Amabill771/
Amablay771/
Aimabla771/
Ahmabel771/
Ahmabyl771/
Amablla771/
Amablli771/
Amablya771/
Amiabel771/
Ammably771/
Ammabellee753/
Amavl731/
Ambwl731/
Amabilly71570/
Amabella71474/
Amabilli7199/
Amabelly7194/
Amabelli7128/
Amabylly7121/
Emabelle7119/
Amabilla7119/
Amebelle7114/
Ammabell7113/
Amabylli7113/
Amábille713/
Hamablly713/
Amebille712/
Hamavlet711/
Hasmabel711/
Asmaabel711/
Eummable711/
Amoubleu711/
Ahamabel711/
Hamablla711/
Hammably711/
Amabbily711/
Amabbyly711/
Amabllya711/
Amabylla711/
Emmabelle67120/
Hamabilly6731/
Amabillis679/
Ammabella678/
Omabel677/
Amabellia674/
Amabellys674/
Omabli674/
Amobel673/
Aimebelle673/
Hamabilli673/
Hamabylly673/
Asmaabeel672/
Ammebelle672/
Emeble672/
Amabillia672/
Emably671/
Eumabelle671/
Amobil671/
Ammobelle671/
Ammabilla671/
Amabellya671/
Amahbella671/
Amavli671/
Aimabella671/
Omabla671/
Hamabelly671/
Amabielly671/
Amabillys671/
Ah Mobile671/
Ammabilli671/
Ammabilly671/

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