Comments for the name Abel

There is a mouse named Abel from a book called Abel's Island.

I remember that book :) But wasn't the mouse's real name "Abelard," or something?

I know a few people named Abelardo, and are called Abel.

Portuguese: u-BEL. [noted -ed]

The name Abel (Frye) is used in a movie/book called Hangman's Curse by Frank Peretti.

A famous bearer of this name is the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman (1603 - October 10, 1659). Tasman discovered New Zealand (well was the first known European to sight NZ) which he named Staten Landt on the assumption that it was connected to an island (Staten Island, Argentina) at the south of the tip of South America. He also was the first to sight Tasmania.

Abel is a really cute name!

Abel Magwitch is a character in "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens.

Abel Bonnard (December 19, 1883-May 31, 1968) was a French poet and novelist. Born in Poitiers, his early education was in Marseilles with secondary studies at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. A student of literature, he was a graduate of the École du Louvre and a member of the École française de Rome.

Abel Antón Rodrigo (born October 24, 1962 in Ojuel, Soria) is a Spanish long-distance runner, who won gold medals in the marathon at the 1997 and the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. In 1998 Antón became the first Spanish runner to win the London Marathon. He also won the 10.000 m title at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics.

I find this name a bit boring.

Abel Nightroad is the main character in the anime 'Trinity Blood'.

I personally wouldn't use this name, mostly because it's pronounced the same way as the world "able" (and spelled rather similarly, too).

This is a Polish version, too.

This is a nice name, it's a pity that it sounds just like able. The meaning is nice.

I like this in English even though it sounds old fashioned and it doesn't have any good nicknames. Oddly enough I also like the name Cain. But I'm not going to use either, so no need to worry.

Abel James Arnett is the son of American actress and comedian Amy Poehler and her husband Will Arnett. Abel has an older brother named Archibald "Archie".

Sounds kind of wimpy to me.