Anabel

Where Anabel comes from

The dictionaries list Anabel as a given name — a female given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Annabel — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1887
    Peak, #633
    13 babies named Anabel — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,276.
  4. 1948
    Anabel Torres born
    Colombian writer
  5. 1996
    Anabel Medina born
    Dominican Republic sprinter
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, of rare usage, variant of Annabel.
Namesakes
  • Anabel Medina · Dominican Republic sprinter, born 1996
  • Anabel Torres · Colombian writer, born 1948
  • Anabel Gambero · Argentine field hockey player, born 1972
  • Anabel Hernández · Mexican journalist, born 1971
  • Anabel Balkenhol · German Olympic dressage rider, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.