Annabel

Where Annabel comes from

Originally a mishearing or misreading of Latin amabilis (“lovable”) (= Amabel, Mabel), used since the 12th century and by folk etymology interpreted as Anna + belle, "beautiful Anna".
— Wiktionary's entry for Annabel
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #466 among girls — 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1972
    Annabel Chong born
    Singaporean-American pornographic actress
  3. 1984
    Annabel Scholey born
    British actress
  4. 2014
    Peak, #447
    716 babies named Annabel — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #789.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Annabel Chong · Singaporean-American pornographic actress, born 1972
  • Annabel Scholey · British actress, born 1984
  • Annabel Vernon · British rower, born 1982
  • Annabel Croft · British tennis player, born 1966
  • Annabel Sutherland · Australian cricketer, born 2001

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.