Given name & surname

Ábel

Ábel is a surname. It is used in Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ábel comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Abel.

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Ábel’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Ábel has a conventional equivalent in the German form Abel.

Walk Ábel’s family in the name graph

ÁbelАбелAbelAbele

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Ábel

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Similar names

If you love Ábel, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Abíal

“breath, vapor; vanity”

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Latin

Ageu

Ageu is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese.

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Latin

Aadem

Aadem is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Semitic. It is used in Hunsrik.

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Ancient Greek

Aniol

Aniol is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Catalan.

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Latin

Alèse

Alèse is a masculine given name from Old Lombard, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Lombard.

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Latin

Carbonell

“coal”

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Latin

Aggeusz

“festive”

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Latin

Alfeusz

Alfeusz is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Ábel’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Ábel