Abel
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Abel is a Hebrew name meaning “breath” or “breathing spirit,” sometimes read as a hint at how fleeting life is. In Genesis, Abel, a shepherd and a son of Adam and Eve, made an offering that God favored and was afterward slain by his envious brother Cain. Abel has stayed steadily popular, especially in Jewish families, and its sound recalls the word “able,” suggesting someone capable and dependable.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Boys, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Abel in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Abel against each list of names.
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Hungarian
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Italian
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Japanese
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Abel is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Abel in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,525 boys were named Abel, making it the #231 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 66,037 boys have been named Abel, with the most (3,245) in 2015. It is most common, relative to births, in Rhode Island, Maine and New Mexico.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Abel in other languages
- Albert Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Swedish
- Alberto Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Albrecht German, Polish
- Aapeli Finnish
- Abele Italian
- Ábel Hungarian
Abel name days
- August 5 France
- December 30 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Abel
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Abel, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Typhoon Abel (Category 2) | 1996 | Western Pacific | 167 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Abel
There are 82 towns and villages with Abel in their name, in 19 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 40🇧🇷 Brazil 8🇲🇿 Mozambique 7🇦🇴 Angola 4🇿🇲 Zambia 4🇨🇺 Cuba 3🇺🇸 United States 3🇧🇴 Bolivia 2
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Abel Figueiredo | Pará, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 6,136 | Map |
| Abel Ayala | Veracruz, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 14 | Map |
| Abel Viveros | Veracruz, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 9 | Map |
| Abel Martínez | Veracruz, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 7 | Map |
| Don Abel | Baja California, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 4 | Map |
| Abel | Malanje, 🇦🇴 Angola | – | Map |
| Abel | Malanje, 🇦🇴 Angola | – | Map |
| Abel | Buenos Aires, 🇦🇷 Argentina | – | Map |
| Abel | Minas Gerais, 🇧🇷 Brazil | – | Map |
| Abel | Centre, 🇨🇲 Cameroon | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Abel
There are 19 lakes and reservoirs with Abel in their name, in 3 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 11🇺🇸 United States 7🇳🇿 New Zealand 1
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| Abel Lake | Newfoundland and Labrador, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Abel Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Abel Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Abel Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Abel Lake | West Coast, 🇳🇿 New Zealand | Map |
| Abel Lake | Virginia, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Abel Lake | Alabama, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Abel Lake | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Abel Lake | Nebraska, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Abel Lake | Wisconsin, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Abel songs
7 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Abel in their title. The best known:
- Abel – Julieta Venegas
- Guess God Thinks I'm Abel
- La morte d'Abel figura di quella del nostro Redentore – Antonio Caldara
- ABEL (51134)
- Abel
- Abel – Tomàs Gil i Membrado
- Trio in B-flat major (Bach-Abel-Kammel Collection, No. 1) – Johann Christian Bach
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Abel
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Abel.
Abel Gómez Moreno
Abel Hernández
Abel Korzeniowski
Abel Pintos
Fictional characters named Abel
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Abel as a pet name
FurryName has found 57 dogs named Abel in public pet registers, making it the #2,324 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Cambridge (3), Worcester (2), Richmond (1). Abel as a dog name →
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