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Female Name
Usage
Old Swedish
Swedish
Icelandic
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Origin and Meaning
1) Low German variant form of Apollonia [1] [2]
2) Short form of names containing the Old Saxon name element AVAL [1]
3) Low German short form of names containing the first element ADAL and a second name element beginning with B- [1] [2]
Related Names
See also Abelina, Abelke, Abla, Bela
Male
Abeluson
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Female
Abeludóttir
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Grammar
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Abela
|
Accusative: |
Abelu
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Dative: |
Abelu
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Genitive: |
Abelu
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- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Abela
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Genitive: |
Abelas
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Further Information
Pronunciation
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 48 people were named Abela (percentage of first or only given name: 60 %) [6]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[8] |
|
3 |
12 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland[9] |
|
1 |
1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Denmark[10] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Norway[11] |
|
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[12] |
|
n.a. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Greenland[13] |
|
0 |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Abela (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Per Hedelin: Norstedts svenska uttalslexikon (1997)
- ↑ Svenska medeltida personnamn, Institutet för språk och folkminnen, http://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/