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ABEL Gender: Masculine Usage: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Biblical Pronounced: AY-bəl (English), ah-BEL (Spanish), ə-BEL (Portuguese) [key] From the Hebrew name הֶבֶל (Hevel) or הָבֶל (Havel) which meant "breath". In the Old Testament he was the second son of Adam and Eve, murdered out of envy by his brother Cain. In England, this name came into use during the Middle Ages, and it was common during the Puritan era