Avel is a male
first name
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Other definition of Avel is HİLAL
Russian first name
In the
Russian language, "" (''Avel'') is a form of the first name
Abel
Abel ''Hábel''; ar, هابيل, Hābīl is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He was the younger brother of Cain, and the younger son of Adam and Eve, the first couple in Biblical history. He was a shepherd ...
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 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
patronymic
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Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, al ...
s derived from "Avel" are "" (''Avelevich''; masculine) and "" (''Avelevna''; feminine).
People
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Avel Enukidze (1877–1937), Georgian Soviet Bolshevik
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Avel Gordly
Avel Louise Gordly (born February 13, 1947) is an activist, community organizer, and former politician in the U.S. state of Oregon, who in 1996 became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Oregon State Senate. She served in the S ...
(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.
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Russian masculine given names