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Abel (given name)

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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
breath, vapor ,or son

Word/name
  
Hebrew

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

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Based on its occurrence in the Bible the name Abel has been used in many European languages; 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). in Finnish it is spelled Aapeli.

Notable persons with the given name Abel

  • Saint Abel (Syrian), a saint of the Syrian church
  • Abel (hominid), the name given to the only specimen ever discovered of Australopithecus bahrelghazali
  • Abel, Lord of Langeland (1252–1279), Lord of Langeland
  • Abel of Reims (died 764), saint, archbishop of Reims and abbot of Lobbes
  • Abel of Denmark (1218-1252), a Danish monarch
  • Abel of Tacla Haimonot, a saint of the Abyssinian 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 Chimukoko (born 1972), Zimbabwean long-distance runner
  • Abel Douay (1809-1870), French military
  • Abel Ferrara (born 1951), American film director
  • Abel Hernandez (born 1972), MAJOR US Army Retired
  • 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 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-François Villemain (1790-1870), French writer, professor and politician
  • 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 with the given name Abel

  • Abel (DC Comics), fictional character in DC Comics
  • Abel, character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting video game series
  • Abel, Mabel's brother in the 1976–2000 comic strip Motley's Crew
  • Abel, character in the video game Street Fighter IV
  • Abel, character in the web comic Starfighter by HamletMachine
  • Abel Magwitch, a leading character in the novel Great Expectatations by Charles Dickens
  • Abel Nightroad, a character in the anime Trinity Blood
  • Abel Teller, the son of Jax Teller in the FX series Sons of Anarchy

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