Amabel

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proper noun

A female given name from Latin.

OriginLatin amabilis →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Latin.

    All the same, they didn't hold it against her, and if, as sometimes happened behind closed doors, they referred to her origin, they called her shamefacedly but rather proudly, their love-child. Hence the name, Amabel, which seemed to unite love with beauty.

    1970, L.P.Hartley, My Sister's Keeper, page 4

Origin

  1. Latinamabilis“lovable”
  2. EnglishAmabel

Medieval English name apparently based on Latin amabilis (“lovable”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Amabel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amabel

MLA

“Amabel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amabel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Amabel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Amabel.

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