Name Abel

Origins and translations for the name Abel:

1. Hebrew (הבל) [hevel] and interpretation is - "breath (of mouth); breathing; steam, vapor" or of (אָבֵל) [evel] means - "mourner; mournful" or of (עָווֶל) [avel] - "evil, malfeasance".

2. Comes from Arabic name-forming Ab means - "father".

3. Shortened form of the name Abelard.

In the Old Testament he was the second son of Adam and Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother Cain.