Given name & surname
Jabal
“an attractive man”
Jabal is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “an attractive man.”
Original Hebrewיבל
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “an attractive man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yabal (יבל), “to flow along a course.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jabal appears in Genesis 4:20.
From biblical name research
Jabal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 77 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #5,965 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,965 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Jubileeshares a root
- Abileneshares a root
- Jubalshares a root
- Tubalcainshares a root
- Zerubbabelshares a root
- Tubalshares a root
- Obilshares a root
- Bulshares a root
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