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Abelia - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Abelia

[ syll. a-be-lia, ab-el-ia ] The girl name Abelia is pronounced AEBEHLiyah KEY. Abelia's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in French. Biblical name derived from hevel 'breath, vapor' ; aplu 'son'. Abelina could also be a combination of Abbey and Lina. Abelia is the feminine form of the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel. Forms of the name include the English and French Abella and the French Abelle. See also the related forms, the English and Irish Abbey and the Russian, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish, and Italian Lina.

Abelia is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Abelia, the English and Irish Abbey was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Abelia include the English Ophilia, the English and French Abella, the English Abichail, the Spanish Abila, the Hawaiian Apelila, the English Avila, the Spanish Chabela, the Spanish Chabeli, the English, German, and Italian Ophelia, the French Ophélie, the Indian Upala, the French Abelle, and the Akan, Arabic, and Ewe Abla.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Abelia: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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