Given name
Avel
“the life force; breath”
Avel is a variant of Abel. One Hebrew interpretation is “the life force; breath.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Avel is a variant of Abel. One Hebrew interpretation is “the life force; breath.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Avel is a variant of Abel. An origin associated with Abel is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Avel is a variant of Abel. The history of Abel gives this family its wider story. Abel has a place in biblical naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Avel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 443
- 443 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #8,997 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,997 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 32.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 752 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.
Avel’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Avel has a related form in Abel. In Breton usage, Avel has a conventional equivalent in the Turkish form HABIL.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Avel
- Avel YenukidzeSoviet politician (1877-1937)
- Avel·lí Corma CanósValencian chemistborn 1951
- Avel·lí Artís-GenerCatalan journalist, writer and translator (1912-2000)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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