Abel (given name)

Abel
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	breath, vapor, or son

Abel is a biblical first name which may derive from the Hebrew Hebel, itself derived from hevel (breath or vapour),[1][2] or from the Assyrian for son.[3] In reference to the biblical story, Abel is usually linked with his brother who killed him, as Cain and Abel.

Based on its occurrence in the Bible the name Abel has been used in many European languages; in Sweden it is attested since 1496,[2] and in English it was mostly used by the Puritans in the 17th century.

The variants used in the Russian language are А́бель (Abel) and А́вель (Avel).[3] in Finnish it is spelled Aapeli.

People

Saint Abel (Syrian), a saint of the Syrian church
Abel, Lord of Langeland (1252–1279), Lord of Langeland
Abel of Reims (fl. 744–747), saint, archbishop of Reims and abbot of Lobbes
Abel of Denmark (1218–1252), a Danish monarch
Abel of Tacla Haimonot, a monk and saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church
Abel Aguilar (born 1985), Colombian association football player
Abel Antón (born 1962), Spanish long-distance runner
Abel Balbo (born 1966), Argentine association football player
Abel Braga (born 1952), Brazilian association football manager
Abel Briones Ruiz (born 1973), Mexican businessman and suspected drug lord.
Abel Chimukoko (born 1972), Zimbabwean long-distance runner
Abel Douay (1809–1870), French military
Abel Ferrara (born 1951), American film director
Abel Ferreira (born 1978), Portuguese footballer
Abel Hernandez (born 1990), Uruguayan association football player
Abel Kirui (born 1982), Kenyan long-distance runner
Abel Gance (1889–1981), French film director, producer, writer and actor
Abel Gómez Moreno (born 1982), Spanish association football player
Abel Goumba (1926–2009), Central African politician
Abel Laudonio (1938–2014), Argentinian boxer
Abel Lefranc (1863–1952), French literary historian
Abel Makashvili (1860–1920), Georgian prince and soldier
Abel Maldonado (born 1967), American politician
Abel Millington (1787–1838), American politician
Abel Mutai (born 1988), Kenyan long-distance runner
Abel Muzorewa (1925–2010), Rhodesian/Zimbabwean politician/bishop
Abel Niépce de Saint-Victor (1805–1870), French photographic inventor
Abel Pacheco (born 1933), former president of Costa Rica
Abel Pavet de Courteille (1821–1889), French linguist
Abel Pintos (born 1984), is an Argentinian singer-songwriter
Abel Resino (born 1960), Spanish association football manager and former goalkeeper
Abel Salazar (scientist) (1889–1946), Portuguese physician and artist
Abel Salazar (actor) (1917–1995), Mexican actor, director and producer
Abel Seyler (1730–1801), Swiss banker and theatre principal
Abel Stearns (1798–1871), trader and great landowner in California
Abel Talamantez (born 1978), Mexican American singer
Abel Tapia (born 1949), American senator of the Colorado General Assembly
Abel Tasman (1603–1659), Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant
Abel Tesfaye (born 1990), Canadian musician better known as The Weeknd
Abel Trujillo (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
Abel Upshur, U.S. Secretary of State
Abel Wolman (1892–1989), American inventor, scientist, professor and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering
Abel Xavier (born 1972), former Portuguese professional association football player

Fictional characters

Abel Magwitch, a leading character in the novel Great Expectatations by Charles Dickens
Abel Rosnovoski, lead character in the novel Kane and Abel, by Jeffrey Archer
Abel, protagonist in W.H. Hudson's novel Green Mansions
Abel Nightroad, in the anime Trinity Blood
Abel (DC Comics), a host of horror comic anthologies
Abel, Mabel's brother in the 1976–2000 comic strip Motley's Crew
Abel Teller, the son of Jax Teller in the FX series Sons of Anarchy
Abel, in the Battle Arena Toshinden video game series
Abel, in the video game Street Fighter IV
Abel, in the video game The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Abel, a playable character in the video game series Fire Emblem
Abel the Bard, the false identity assumed by Mance Rayder in the book series A Song of Ice and Fire, by George R. R. Martin.

References

Notes

Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
"Abel". Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
Superanskaya, p. 20

Sources

А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9

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[Hanks_Hardcastle_Hodges_2006-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 2018-11-17.

[isof-2] "Abel". Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 December 2019.

[Superanskaya-3] Superanskaya, p. 20