Given name
Anabel
“graceful and beautiful woman”·“house of bread”·“my God is bountiful”
In English use, Anabel has a related form in Annabel. One Italian interpretation is “graceful and beautiful woman.” Its derivation is not certain. In Spanish use, Anabel is a diminutive of Belén. One interpretation is “house of bread.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Anabel has a related form in Annabel. One Italian interpretation is “graceful and beautiful woman.” Its derivation is not certain. In Spanish use, Anabel is a diminutive of Belén. One interpretation is “house of bread.” In Spanish use, Anabel is a diminutive of Isabel. In Spanish use, Isabel carries the interpretation “my God is bountiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Anabel has a related form in Annabel. A possible origin is Italian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Anabel is a diminutive of Ana. In Spanish usage, Anabel is a diminutive of Isabel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anabel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,815
- 35 boys · 9,780 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 297 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #4,270 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,270 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 57.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 297 in 2014. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,166 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.
Anabel’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Anabel is a diminutive of Ana. In English usage, Anabel has a related form in Annabel. In Spanish usage, Anabel is a diminutive of Isabel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anabel has relatives in 4 languages.
7 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Annaequivalent
- Annabelleequivalent
- Anabellaequivalent
- AnabelleFrench
- Anabelaequivalent
- Annitaequivalent
- Άνναequivalent
- Ανναμπέλλαequivalent
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People named Anabel
- Anabel MedinaDominican Republic sprinterborn 1996
- Anabel GamberoArgentine field hockey playerborn 1972
- Anabel HernándezMexican journalistborn 1971
- Anabel BalkenholGerman Olympic dressage riderborn 1972
- Anabel Fordarchaeologist from the United States specializing in Mayan culture, also discovered the El Pilar siteborn 1951
- Anabel EnglundAmerican singer and songwriterborn 1992
- Anabel ShawAmerican actress (1921-2010)
- Anabel GonzálezCosta Rican expert on trade and investmentborn 1963
- Anabel ColazoSpanish comics author and illustrator (*1993)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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