Given name
Anabela
“graceful and beautiful woman”
Anabela is a variant of Annabel. One Italian interpretation is “graceful and beautiful woman.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anabela is a variant of Annabel. One Italian interpretation is “graceful and beautiful woman.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Anabela is a variant of Annabel. A possible origin is Italian, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anabela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 529
- 0 boys · 529 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,111 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,111 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,310 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.
Anabela’s family of names
In Czech usage, Anabela has a diminutive in Ana. Anabela has a related form in Annabel. In Slovak usage, Anabela has a diminutive in Anabelka.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Anabela
- Anabela Braz PiresPortuguese singer and musical theatre actressborn 1976
- Anabela CossaMozambican basketball player (born 1986)
- Anabela MoreiraPortuguese film and stage actress, film director, screenwriterborn 1976
- Anabela Miranda RodriguesPortuguese university teacherborn 1953
- Anabela LemosMozambican environmentalist and civil rights activistborn 1953
- Anabela Silveira de OliveiraBrazilian botanistborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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