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Abel (male)

Variants:Hevel (M)
Derivative(s):Abel (S) Abelson (S) Ableson (S)
   
Source(s): FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Chambers Dictionary [1972]
Notes:

Anglicized version of the Hebrew name Hevel, "breath" or "vanity"; Genesis 4:2-8.

Abel was popular in Puritan England but has only recently regained popularity. It was moderately frequent in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire.
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