Avel is a male
first name.
Other definition of Avel is HİLAL
Russian first name
In the
Russian language
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, "" (''Avel'') is a form of the first name
Abel used in
biblical
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contexts.
[Superanskaya, p. 20] It is also an old and uncommon male first name, derived from the
Biblical Hebrew
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word ''he
bel'', meaning ''a gentle breathe''.
[Petrovsky, p. 33]
This is most commonly pronounced “Aye-Vuhl”, though some pronounce it as “Eye-Vehl”.
The
diminutive
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s of "Avel" are Avelya (), Velya (), Avilya (), Vilya (), and Ava ().
The
patronymics derived from "Avel" are "" (''Avelevich''; masculine) and "" (''Avelevna''; feminine).
People
*
Avel Enukidze (1877–1937), Georgian Soviet Bolshevik
*
Avel Gordly (b. 1947), US politician and activist
*Avel Makayev (1860–1920), also known as
Abel Makashvili
Abel Makashvili ( ka, აბელ მაყაშვილი) also known as Avel Gavrilovich Makaev (russian: Авель Гаврилович Макаев) (June 6, 1860 – June 1920) was a Georgian prince and soldier who served successively in ...
, Georgian prince
References
Notes
Sources
*А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (''Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling''). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.
*Н. А. Петровский (N. A. Petrovsky). "Словарь русских личных имён" (''Dictionary of Russian First Names''). ООО Издательство "АСТ". Москва, 2005.
{{Given name
Russian masculine given names