“abel”

*RELATIVES*

*ALLIES*

*NON-BELIEVERS*

*FAMOUS ABELS*

*FICTIONAL ABELS*

*SONGS FOR ABEL*

(“abel” is a biblical first name which may derive from the hebrew hebel, itself derived from hevel (breath or vapour), or from the assyrian for son)

(in reference to the biblical story, ‘abel’ is usually linked with his brother who killed him, as “Cain and Abel”)

(based on its occurrence in the ‘bible’ the name ‘abel’ has been used in many european languages; in English it was mostly used by the ‘Puritans’ in the 17th century)

(the variants used in the Russian language are “А́бель” (Abel) and “А́вель” (Avel))

(in ‘Finnish’ it is spelled ‘Aapeli’)