Abel m

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Male Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Abel f for the female version of this name.

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Greenland Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Greek form of the Hebrew name Hevel, Hebrew hevel = 'breath, vapour' [1]

2) The name could also be a variant form of the Assyrian word aplu = 'son'

Related Names

     
Aabel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aapel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aapeli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ábal ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Abbe ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Old Swedish Swedish
Abel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Greenlandic Norwegian Old Norse Swedish
Ábel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Abeline ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Apeli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Appeli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Peli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Habbol

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

2 January

Sweden Sweden

29 December

Further Information

Bible

Abel was the second son of Adam and Eva, who was murdered by his brother Kain

Namesakes

Abel, king of Denmark (1218-1252)

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1496 [1]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[2] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png 0 3 233 427
Norway Norway[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 108 167
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 56 n.a
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 3 n.a 752
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[2][4][3][5]:Name statistics for Abel(m)


Sources: [2] [4] [3] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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