Abel (given name)
Abel is a biblical first name which may derive from the Hebrew Hebel hevel breath or vapour ),[ 1] [ 2] Assyrian for son .[ 3] Cain and Abel .
Based on its occurrence in the Bible, the name Abel has been used in many European languages; in Sweden it is attested since 1496,[ 2] English it was mostly used by the Puritans in the 17th century.[citation needed
The variants used in the Russian language are А́бель Abel ) and А́вель Avel [ 3] Finnish it is spelled Aapeli .
People
Note: Persons may be listed in more than one subsection.
Arts and entertainment
Abel Fernandez (1930–2016), American actorAbel Ferrara (born 1951), American film directorAbel Gance (1889–1981), French film director, producer, writer and actorAbel Korzeniowski (born 1972), Polish film score composerAbel Pintos (born 1984), Argentinian singer-songwriterAbel Salazar (actor) (1917–1995), Mexican actor, director and producerAbel Salazar (scientist) (1889–1946), Portuguese physician and painterAbel Seyler (1730–1801), Swiss banker and theatre director and patronAbel Talamantez (born 1978), Mexican-American singerAbel Tesfaye (born 1990), Canadian musician better known as The Weeknd
Nobility
Politics
Religion
Sports
Abel Aguilar (born 1985), Colombian footballerAbel Antón (born 1962), Spanish long-distance runnerAbel Balbo (born 1966), Argentine footballerAbel Braga (born 1952), Brazilian association football managerAbel Buades (born 1977), Spanish footballerAbel Camará (born 1990), Bissau-Guinean footballerAbel Caputo (born 2000), Venezuelan footballerAbel Casquete (born 1997), Ecuadorian footballerAbel Chimukoko (born 1972), Zimbabwean long-distance runnerAbel Conejo (born 1998), Spanish footballerAbel De Los Santos (born 1992), Dominican baseball playerAbel Ferreira (born 1978), Portuguese footballerAbel Fuentes (born 1993), Mexican footballerAbel Gebor (born 1990), Liberian footballerAbel Gigli (born 1990), Italian footballerAbel Hammond (born 1985), Ghanaian footballerAbel Hernández (born 1990), Uruguayan footballerAbel Khaled (born 1992), French-Algerian footballerAbel Kirui (born 1982), Kenyan long-distance runnerAbel Laudonio (1938–2014), Argentinian boxerAbel Lizotte (1870–1926), American baseball playerAbel Lobatón (born 1977), Peruvian footballerAbel Mabaso (born 1991), South African footballerAbel Mamo (born 1994), Ethiopian footballerAbel Masuero (born 1988), Argentine footballerAbel Mendoza (born 2003), American footballerAbel Miglietti (born 1946), Portuguese footballerAbel Molinero (born 1989), Spanish footballerAbel Moreno (born 1995), Spanish footballerAbel Gómez Moreno (born 1982), Spanish footballerAbel Mutai (born 1988), Kenyan long-distance runnerAbel Peralta (born 1989), Argentine footballerAbel Redenut (born 1995), Papua New Guinean footballerAbel Resino (born 1960), Spanish association football manager and former goalkeeperAbel Rodrigues (1922–2010), American basketball playerAbel Ruiz (born 2000), Spanish footballerAbel Segovia (born 1979), Spanish footballerAbel Silva (born 1969), Portuguese footballer and coachAbel Stensrud (born 2002), Norwegian footballerAbel Miguel Suárez (born 1991), Spanish footballerAbel Tamata (born 1990), Dutch footballerAbel Tasman (born 2014), American racehorseAbel Thermeus (born 1983), Haitian footballerAbel Trujillo (born 1983), American mixed martial artistAbel Valdez (born 1987), Argentine footballerAbel Xavier (born 1972), Portuguese former footballerAbel Yalew (born 1996), Ethiopian footballer
Other
Abel Briones Ruiz (born 1973), Mexican businessman and suspected drug lordAbel Payne Caldwell (1865–1917), American journalist, newspaper publisher, and editorAbel Douay (1809–1870), French generalAbel Lefranc (1863–1952), French literary historianAbel Makashvili (1860–1920), Georgian prince and soldierAbel Niépce de Saint-Victor (1805–1870), French photographic inventorAbel Pavet de Courteille (1821–1889), French linguistAbel Salazar (scientist) (1889–1946), Portuguese physician and painterAbel Stearns (1798–1871), trader and great landowner in CaliforniaAbel Tasman (1603–1659), Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchantAbel Wolman (1892–1989), American inventor, scientist, professor and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering
Fictional characters
Abel Magwitch , a leading character in the novel Great Expectatations by Charles DickensAbel Rosnovoski, lead character in the novel Kane and Abel
Abel, protagonist in W.H. Hudson's novel Green Mansions
Abel Nightroad , in the anime Trinity Blood Abel (DC Comics) , a host of horror comic anthologiesAbel , Mabel's brother in the 1976–2000 comic strip Motley's Crew Abel Teller, the son of Jax Teller in the FX series Sons of Anarchy
Abel , in the Battle Arena Toshinden video game seriesAbel, in the video game Street Fighter IV
Abel, in the video game The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Abel, a playable character in the video game series Fire Emblem
Abel the Bard, the false identity assumed by Mance Rayder in the book series A Song of Ice and Fire , by George R. R. Martin
See also
References
Notes
Sources
А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling ). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
