Abela

See also: abela and abelá

English

Etymology

Two possible origins:

• A variant of Abella, an Hispanic surname.
• Borrowed from Maltese Abela.

Proper noun

Abela (plural Abelas)

1. A surname from Spanish.
2. A surname from Maltese [in turn from Spanish].

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abela is the 40856^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 534 individuals. Abela is most common among White (69.29%) and Hispanic/Latino (17.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abela”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Icelandic

Proper noun

Abela f (proper noun, genitive singular Abelu)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Abela (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Abela
accusative	Abelu
dative	Abelu
genitive	Abelu

Lashi

Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל.

Pronunciation

• (Waingmaw) IPA^(key): [ʔa˧˧.be˧˧.la˧˧]
• Hyphenation: A‧be‧la

Proper noun

Abela

1. Abel (son of Adam and Eve)
   • 2005, “Apoem ayang꞉ 4:9 [Genesis 4:9]”, in Jhoem꞉ mougsougˮ [The Book of the Bible]‎^[1], page 7:

     Aseing gi Ka-in ri «Reˮ nhungˮ Abela khayoo꞉ nyid laˮ» ga꞉ myid꞉.

     The Lord asked Cain: «Where is your younger brother Abel?»

See also

• Ka-in (“Cain”)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Abella from Catalan abella (“bee”), originally a Sephardic surname.

Possibly also from or related to Hebrew הבל (“Hebel”), cognate to biblical English Abel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɛː.la/

• Audio (Gozo):

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• Rhymes: -ɛːla

Proper noun

Abela

1. a surname from Spanish