Abel (given name)
Abel is a masculine first name and family name. In the Low German language area Abel is a female first name as a short form of Apollonia.
Origin and Meaning
Abel ( Hebrew: " touch ", " impermanence " ) is a native of the Bible name. There Abel is the second son of Adam and Eve.
In the Middle Ages Abel was also a short form of Albrecht. Its feminine form is Abelina.
Name Days
Name day is the
Well-known bearers of the name
- Abel ( Denmark) ( 1218-1252 ), Danish King
- Abel Eppens ( 1534 -ca. 1590), Frisian chronicler
- Abel Ferrara ( born 1951 ), American film director
- Abel Ferreira (1915-1980), Brazilian composer
- Abel Gance (1889-1981), French film director
- Abel Goumba (1926-2009), politician of the Central African Republic
- Abel Barrera Hernández (c. 1960), Mexican priest, anthropologist and human rights
- Abel Muzorewa (1925-2010), Bishop and Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia
- Abel Pacheco ( born 1933), President of Costa Rica
- Abel Paz (1921-2009), Spanish anarchist and writer
- Abel Antonio Pujol Jiménez (1913-1995), Mexican artist
- Abel Tasman Janzoon (1603-1659), Dutch seafarer
- Abel P. Upshur (1790-1844), American politician
- Abel Xavier (born 1972 ), Portuguese footballer
Abel as an artist name:
- Abel Campos (born 1962 ), Angolan footballer
- Abel Fernando Moreira Ferreira (born 1978 ), Portuguese footballer
- Abel Silva (born 1969 ), Portuguese footballer
- Abel Carlos da Silva Braga ( born 1952 ), Brazilian footballer
- Abel Xavier (born 1972 ), Portuguese footballer
Abel as fictional characters:
- Abel with the harmonica, novel by Manfred Hausmann