Name

Name ABLE

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 116 births of Able in the countries below, which represents an average of 1 birth of children bearing the first name Able per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 6 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Able
In Italiano

Nome Able

Variations : Abel , Ábel

Information about the first name Able

The first name Able has been assigned to:

100.00% to boys
0.00% to girls

The country where the first name Able is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Able

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Able : Abel, A'bel, Ábel, Albe, Bael, Bale, Beal, Bela, Béla, Bèla, Běla, Bẻla, Blae, Blea, Ebla, Elba, Leab, Leba

Anacyclics of the first name Able

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Able: Elba

Able in Japanese ^*

Romaji	eiberu
Katakana	エーベル
Hiragana	えーべる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Able in sign language

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Able in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Able

English

Etymology

From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”), from habeō (“have, possess”) +‎ -ibilis.

Etymology

From Middle English ablen, from Middle English able (adjective).

Etymology

From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone, and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards.

Etymology (Noun)

able (uncountable)
(military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.

Alternative forms

(obsolete) hable

Anagrams

Abel, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, albe, bael, bale, beal, blea

Anagrams

Abel, Bale, Beal, Blea, Ebla, Elba, albe, bael, bale, beal, blea

Noun

Able
(World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter A.
Synonym: Alfa

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.bl̩/, /ˈeɪ.bəl/
Rhymes: -eɪbəl
Homophone: Abel

Proper noun

Able (plural Ables)
A surname.

Proper noun (Statistics)

According to the 2010 United States Census, Able is the 12766th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2417 individuals. Able is most common among White (70.83%) and Black/African American (22.18%) individuals.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French able, habile, from Latin habilis.

Adjective

able
capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent.

Alternative forms

hable

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈaːbəl/

Adjective (Descendants)

English: able
Scots: able, abel, awbel, yible
→ Welsh: abl

Old French

Etymology

From Latin habilis.

French

Anagrams

Abel, Bâle, béal, bêla

Noun

able m (plural ables)
a vernacular name of the common bleak (usually called ablette)
a vernacular name of the sunbleak or moderlieschen, also called able de Heckel
(rare) a vernacular name of any of some other related fishes in the genus Alburnus (Cyprinidae)

Old French

Adjective