Amabel
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About Amabel
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.
Pronounced AM-uh-bel.
As of October 2026, Amabel ranked #15375 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #6908 in 1977.
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Famous Amabels
- Amabel Anderson Arnold
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pen name of American novelist Susan Fenimore Cooper
- Amabel Hume
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Amabel in pop culture
- Amabel Swanson
character in the game Penumbra: Black Plague
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- Amabel
main character in The Aunt and Amabel, short story by E. Nesbit that was a precursor to The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis