Amabel
Latin
"lovable"Amabel Origin and Meaning
The name Amabel is girl's name of French, Latin origin meaning "lovable".
Amabel is an older name than Annabel and a lot more distinctive. Amabel was a very common name in the twelfth and thirteen centuries, then was revived during the nineteenth century British fad for medieval names.
In a short story by H.H. Munro, about Amabel, the vicar's daughter, it is said "Her name was the vicar's one extravagance."
Amabel's shortened form Mabel overtook the mama name early on.
In a short story by H.H. Munro, about Amabel, the vicar's daughter, it is said "Her name was the vicar's one extravagance."
Amabel's shortened form Mabel overtook the mama name early on.
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Famous People Named Amabel
- Amabel Anderson ArnoldAmerican lawyer and organizer of the Woman's State Bar Association of Missouri, the first association of women lawyers in the world
- Amabel Nevill MoseleyEnglish chess champion; mother of scientist Henry Moseley
- Amabel Strachey WilliamsEllis, English writer; wife of architect Clough Williams,Ellis
- Amabel Penfeatherpen name of American novelist Susan Fenimore Cooper
- Amabel HumeCampbell, 1st Countess of Grey (1751–1833), English diarist and political writer who was a countess in her own right
Amabel in Pop Culture
- Amabel Swansoncharacter in the game Penumbra: Black Plague
- Amabelcharacter in The World Without End by Ken Follett
- Amabelmain character in The Aunt and Amabel, short story by E. Nesbit that was a precursor to The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis