Abel (given name)
Abel is a biblical first name which may derive from the Hebrew Hebel, itself derived from hevel, or from the Assyrian for son. In reference to the biblical story, Abel is usually linked with his brother who killed him, as in 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, and in English it was mostly used by the Puritans in the 17th century.
The variants used in the Russian language are А́бель and А́вель. in Finnish it is spelled Aapeli.
People
Arts and entertainment
- Abel Fernandez, American actor
- Abel Ferrara, American film director
- Abel Gance, French film director, producer, writer and actor
- Abel Góngora, Spanish animator and director
- Abel Korzeniowski, Polish film score composer
- Abel Pintos, Argentinian singer-songwriter
- Abel Salazar (actor), Mexican actor, director and producer
- Abel Salazar (scientist), Portuguese physician and painter
- Abel Seyler, Swiss banker and theatre director and patron
- Abel Talamantez, Mexican-American singer
- Abel Tesfaye, Canadian musician better known as The Weeknd
Nobility
Politics
- Abel Darlington, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Abel Goumba, Central African Republic politician
- Abel Maldonado, American politician
- Abel Millington, American politician
- Abel Muzorewa, Rhodesian/Zimbabwean politician and bishop
- Abel Pacheco, Costa Rican president
- Abel Santamaría, Cuban political activist
- Abel Tapia, American politician from Colorado
- Abel Upshur, U.S. Secretary of State
- Abel Xavier Nzuzi Lubota, Angolan politician
Religion
- Saint Abel (Syrian), a saint of the Syrian church
- Abel of Reims, saint, archbishop of Reims and abbot of Lobbes
- Abel of Tacla Haimonot, monk and saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church
- Abel Muzorewa, Rhodesian/Zimbabwean bishop and politician
Sports
- Abel Aguilar, Colombian footballer
- Abel Antón, Spanish long-distance runner
- Abel Balbo, Argentine footballer
- Abel Braga, Brazilian football manager
- Abel Buades, Spanish footballer
- Abel Camará, Bissau-Guinean footballer
- Abel Caputo, Venezuelan footballer
- Abel Casquete, Ecuadorian footballer
- Abel Chimukoko, Zimbabwean long-distance runner
- Abel Conejo, Spanish footballer
- Abel De Los Santos, Dominican baseball player
- Abel Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
- Abel Gebor, Liberian footballer
- Abel Gigli, Italian footballer
- Abel Hammond, Ghanaian footballer
- Abel Hernández, Uruguayan footballer
- Abel Khaled, French-Algerian footballer
- Abel Kirui, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Abel Laudonio, Argentinian boxer
- Abel Lizotte, American baseball player
- Abel Lobatón, Peruvian footballer
- Abel Mabaso, South African footballer
- Abel Mamo, Ethiopian footballer
- Abel Masuero, Argentine footballer
- Abel Mendoza, American footballer
- Abel Miglietti, Portuguese footballer
- Abel Molinero, Spanish footballer
- Abel Moreno, Spanish footballer
- Abel Gómez Moreno, Spanish footballer
- Abel Mutai, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Abel Peralta, Argentine footballer
- Abel Redenut, Papua New Guinean footballer
- Abel Resino, Spanish football player and manager
- Abel Rodrigues, American basketball player
- Abel Ruiz, Spanish footballer
- Abel Segovia, Spanish footballer
- Abel Silva, Portuguese football player and coach
- Abel Stensrud, Norwegian footballer
- Abel Miguel Suárez, Spanish footballer
- Abel Tamata, Dutch footballer
- Abel Tasman, American racehorse
- Abel Thermeus, Haitian footballer
- Abel Trujillo, American mixed martial artist
- Abel Valdez, Argentine footballer
- Abel Xavier, Portuguese former footballer
- Abel Yalew, Ethiopian footballer
Other
- Abel Briones Ruiz, Mexican businessman and suspected drug lord
- Abel Payne Caldwell, American journalist, newspaper publisher, and editor
- Abel Douay, French general
- Abel Lefranc, French literary historian
- Abel Makashvili, Georgian prince and soldier
- Abel Niépce de Saint-Victor, French photographic inventor
- Abel Pavet de Courteille, French linguist
- Abel Salazar (scientist), Portuguese physician and painter
- Abel Stearns, trader and landowner in California
- Abel Tasman, Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant
- Abel Wolman, American inventor, scientist, and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering
Fictional characters
- Abel Magwitch, a leading character in the novel Great Expectatations by Charles Dickens
- Abel Rosnovoski, lead character in the novel Kane and Abel, by Jeffrey Archer
- 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 anthologies
- Abel, 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, lead character in King of Demons games
- Abel, in the Battle Arena Toshinden video game series
- Abel, 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, in the animated series The Amazing Digital Circus
- 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