Avel is a male
first name
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
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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
Abel ( ''Hébel'', in pausa ''Hā́ḇel''; ''Hábel''; , ''Hābēl'') is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within the Abrahamic religions. Born as the second son of Adam and Eve, the first two humans created by God in Judaism, God, he ...
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
patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic.
Patronymics are used, b ...
s derived from "Avel" are "" (''Avelevich''; masculine) and "" (''Avelevna''; feminine).
People
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Avel Enukidze
Avel Safronovich Yenukidze ( ka, აბელ ენუქიძე, ''Abel Enukidze'', ; ; – 30 October 1937) was a prominent Georgian Old Bolshevik and, at one point, a member of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (b) ...
(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. In 1996, she became the first African-American woman to be elected to the Oregon State Senate, serving from 1997 t ...
(b. 1947), US politician and activist
*Avel Makayev (1860–1920), also known as
Abel Makashvili, 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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