Abel (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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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.[citation needed]
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 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
See also
- Abel-François Villemain (1790–1870), French writer, professor and politician
- Saint Abel (disambiguation)
- Abel (surname)
- Abelson, surname
- Abell (disambiguation)
- Abele (disambiguation)
- Abels (disambiguation)
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.
- ^ a b "Abel". Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ a b 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