Given name · also Old French
Amabel
“one who is lovable”
Amabel is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “one who is lovable.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is lovable.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Old French and Latin naming traditions.
How it developed
The name draws on Latin amābilis, meaning “lovable”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amabel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 170
- 0 boys · 170 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 351 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Amabel’s family of names
In English usage, Amabel has a short form in Mabel. Amabel has a related form in Amable. Amabel has a related form in Amabelle.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Amabel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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