Abelina
Feminine · “Hebrew hevel”
Abel's name is the word for a breath. It is the same word Ecclesiastes uses at its opening, usually translated vanity, and it means a vapour, something that shows for a moment and is gone, which fits a man whose story lasts eight verses.
How old is the name Abelina?
Abelina first appears in US birth records in 1894 — 131 years ago. The typical Abelina alive today was born around 1982, making them about 43 years old. About 400 people named Abelina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Abelina most popular?
Abelina peaked in 1894, reaching #1485 nationally. Today it ranks #10107, 8,622 places below that high. See the whole 1894 chart.
Where it comes from
From Hevel to Abelina
The story of Abelina
The word behind Abel's name is hevel, and it is the same word that opens Ecclesiastes: hevel havelim, usually rendered vanity of vanities, though what it actually means is vapour of vapours, breath of breaths. It names not wickedness but insubstantiality, the thing that cannot be held. Whether the author of Genesis intended the pun is not knowable, but the fit is striking: Abel appears, is killed by his brother and is gone within a few verses, and his name means the passing of a breath. The Spanish feminine Abelina adds the Latin ending that turns almost any male name into a female one, and the result reached American records with Mexican and Spanish families in the nineteenth century.
Meaningscholars disagree
Hebrew hevel, a breath or vapour
Abelina is a Spanish feminine formation on Abel, from Hebrew Hevel, generally connected to a word meaning breath, vapour or futility. An unrelated derivation from an Akkadian word for son is also proposed. The -ina ending is a Latin feminine suffix. The American peak is 1894.
How the name formed
- Hevel
- Abel
- Abelina
Related forms: Abelina · Abelina · Hevel
Pronouncing Abelina
ah-beh-LEE-nah
Four syllables, stress on the third, in Spanish. English speakers often say ab-uh-LEE-nuh with a reduced first vowel.
Nicknames for Abelina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1894
- Most girls named
- 192517 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1485reached in 1894
- Change vs 2023
- +50.0%9 in 2025, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Abelina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Abelina in Spanish — same name
- Abelina in Italian — same name
- Hevel in Hebrew — related form
Abelinas among us
people named Abelina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 178,585 born in 2025 was named Abelina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Abelina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Abelina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Abelina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lina and Abi are two short forms in different styles.
- The Hebrew word behind it is documented and unusually vivid.
- It is a genuine traditional Spanish name.
- Four syllables is long before a surname.
- It will be heard as Adelina, Angelina or Abilene.
- The name's root means something closer to vapour than to any virtue.
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Frequently asked
- How many Abelinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Abelina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Abelina in 2025?
- Abelina ranks #10107 among US girl names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Abelina?
- About 1 in every 178,585 US girls born in 2025 was named Abelina — 9 in all.
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- Abelina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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