Annabel

Annabel: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“lovable”
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
AN-uh-bel · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually taken as a Scottish form of Amabel, from Latin amabilis ‘lovable.’ It has also been associated with Anna plus Belle in later usage, but Amabel is the standard origin.

How popular is Annabel?

202439.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Annabel in 2024130

2024 rank#1,603 girls

Peak year2014

Total US babies since 188014,880

Annabel is fading: recent use is about 28% of its level ten years before.

Names like Annabel

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Annabel questions

What does the name Annabel mean?

Annabel means "lovable". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. Usually taken as a Scottish form of Amabel, from Latin amabilis ‘lovable.’ It has also been associated with Anna plus Belle in later usage, but Amabel is the standard origin.

Is Annabel a boy or girl name?

Annabel is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Annabel?

130 US babies were named Annabel in 2024. Its peak year was 2014.

How do you pronounce Annabel?

Annabel is usually pronounced AN-uh-bel.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.