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Abel

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WDYT of the name Abel?  DH likes it, but I'm not sure...
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  • SmootchySmootchy member

    "A-Bell" is that how you say it?

    I like,  Adele better... Or annabel

    Don't like Abel too much (This is for a girl right?)

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  • JasmineBrookeJasmineBrooke
    I like Abel. :)
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  • alliejo725alliejo725 member

    I'm undecided. I like the NN Abe, but I think I prefer Abram to Abel.

    Something about the name seems uncomfortably backwoodsy to me. I picture an Abel having brothers named Cletus and Jedidiah.

    That said, someone I know recently had a son they named Timothy Abel. I think Abel makes an awesome MN.

    Just my two cents.

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  • still_a_bridestill_a_bride member
    It reminds me of the Biblical character, but that's a good thing.  I like it and I'm actually surprised it isn't more popular! 
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  • JasmineBrookeJasmineBrooke
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    "A-Bell" is that how you say it?

    I like,  Adele better... Or annabel

    Don't like Abel too much (This is for a girl right?)

    Abel is a boy name, as in "Cain and Abel." 

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  • alliejo725alliejo725 member
    imagechapski:

    "A-Bell" is that how you say it?

    I like,  Adele better... Or annabel

    Don't like Abel too much (This is for a girl right?)

    Abel is traditionally a boy's name, and I don't think I've ever heard of it used on a girl.

    Abel was the "good" son of Adam and Eve in the Bible; he was murdered by his brother Cain.

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  • UrbanHippieMamaUrbanHippieMama
    imagechapski:

    "A-Bell" is that how you say it?

    I like,  Adele better... Or annabel

    Don't like Abel too much (This is for a girl right?)

    Haha... no, it's pronounced like 'able' and it's for a boy.

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  • dishlee101dishlee101
    I really like it.  It is a baby's name on my hubby's favorite show "Sons of Anarchy".  It is different, but cute!
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  • UrbanHippieMamaUrbanHippieMama

    imagestill_a_bride:
    It reminds me of the Biblical character, but that's a good thing.  I like it and I'm actually surprised it isn't more popular! 

    Biblical is kind of our 'theme', but I'm finding it so hard to settle on a boy name!  They're either too popular, or too weird.  Sigh.

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  • veganxangelveganxangel
    imagechapski:

    "A-Bell" is that how you say it?

    I like,  Adele better... Or annabel

    Don't like Abel too much (This is for a girl right?)

    Really?! 

    I really like Abel, it's different and has history.

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  • jenna0627jenna0627
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    imagestill_a_bride:
    It reminds me of the Biblical character, but that's a good thing.  I like it and I'm actually surprised it isn't more popular! 

    Biblical is kind of our 'theme', but I'm finding it so hard to settle on a boy name!  They're either too popular, or too weird.  Sigh.

    I agree with the bolded and since you are going for biblical I think it's a great choice!

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    imagestill_a_bride:
    It reminds me of the Biblical character, but that's a good thing.  I like it and I'm actually surprised it isn't more popular! 

    This. I think you've found a Bible name that isn't to used. Much better than someone nameing their child Cain!

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  • still_a_bridestill_a_bride member
    I think Abel goes really well with your daughter's name!  I like the names Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Canaan, Zion, and Jordan too.
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  • SmootchySmootchy member
    imageJasmineBrooke:
    imagechapski:

    "A-Bell" is that how you say it?

    I like,  Adele better... Or annabel

    Don't like Abel too much (This is for a girl right?)

    Abel is a boy name, as in "Cain and Abel." 

    Embarrassed I see! I do like the name abel (as in cain & abel)...But I don't know why the spelling didn't jump out at me...

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  • Jeanette1120Jeanette1120
    I <3 the name Abel. Its my dad & brothers name so were going to use it as a middle name.
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  • UrbanHippieMamaUrbanHippieMama

    imagestill_a_bride:
    I think Abel goes really well with your daughter's name!  I like the names Jonah, Amos, Hosea, Canaan, Zion, and Jordan too.

    I love Amos, but DH brought up the excellent point that it sounds a lot like anus.  I'm not going to take that risk!  Haha.

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  • elizjane26elizjane26
    I like it.
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  • pinchupinchu member
    love it!
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  • Smores730Smores730 member
    I like it! I'm also a Sons of Anarchy fan so I'm hearing it a lot and growing used to it.
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  • anna7602anna7602 member
    I like it a lot. It's a name that is used in many languages and spelled the same way in many of them as well. I'm a big fan of cross-cultural names.
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    I'm a fan!

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  • KeriMichaelMarieKeriMichaelMarie
    I like it! I can't use it but it's a great name!
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  • queenbonequeenbone member
    It is very Old Testament to me.  A great choice since you are looking for underused.
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  • alohamoraalohamora member
    imagealliejo725:

    I'm undecided. I like the NN Abe, but I think I prefer Abram to Abel.

    Something about the name seems uncomfortably backwoodsy to me. I picture an Abel having brothers named Cletus and Jedidiah.

    That said, someone I know recently had a son they named Timothy Abel. I think Abel makes an awesome MN.

    Just my two cents.

    I agree about preferring Abram to Abel - and I do like the nn Abe a lot.  Abel's not bad though.

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  • starlight8323starlight8323 member

    imageveganxangel:
    I really like Abel, it's different and has history.
    Boy, is that the understatement of the year... If you find the Bible to be true, it was one of the first baby names ever! I would say the first useable baby name, since Cain has such a stigma attached to it now...

    Anyway.. I really like the way it sounds, just not sure if I'd picture the story every time I heard it. It's a very memorable story- not in a good way. Wink

    Eventhough it's not the name of the first murderer in history, it has kind of the same feeling when you consider it's the first murder victim in history, KWIM? Sorry.

    If that association doesn't bother you, though, I say use it!

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