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Able name meaning

First Name
968
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
2k
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys

Meaning and Origin

What does the name Able mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Able

User Submitted Origins

English
50%
Hebrew
33%
Spanish
8%
American
8%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A user from Uganda says the name Able means "Capable or God is able".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective A"ble
Senses
  1. Fit; adapted; suitable.(Obs)"A many man, to ben an abbot able." [Chaucer.]
  2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano.
  3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech. "No man wrote abler state papers." [Macaulay.]
  4. [Law] Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence; as, able to inherit or devise property.
    synonyms: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.

Note: Able for , is Scotticism. "“Hardly able for such a march.”" Robertson.

Etymology: OF. habile, L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful, fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. Habile and see Habit

verb A"ble
Senses
  1. To make able; to enable; to strengthen.
  2. To vouch for."I 'll ablethem." [Shak.]

Etymology: See Able (a.)

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something ("able to swim", "she was able to program her computer", "we were at last able to buy a car", and "able to get a grant for the project")
  2. Having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity ("able to learn", "human beings are able to walk on two feet", and "Superman is able to leap tall buildings")
  3. Have the skills and qualifications to do things well ("able teachers", "a capable administrator", and "children as young as 14 can be extremely capable and dependable")
  4. Having a strong healthy body ("an able seaman" and "every able-bodied young man served in the army")
Wiktionary

From Middle English able, from Old Northern French able, variant of Old French abile, habile, from Latin habilis (“easily managed, held, or handled; apt; skillful”), from habeō (“have, possess”) +‎ -ibilis.

From Middle English ablen, from Middle English able (adjective).

From the first letter of the word. Suggested in the 1916 United States Army Signal Book to distinguish the letter when communicating via telephone, and later adopted in other radio and telephone signal standards.

  1. (military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.

    able was also found in the following language(s): French, Old French, and Scots

    Notable Persons Named Able

    Notable Persons Named Able

    Able Seaman Nesbitt MC

    Able was born on April 21st, 1988 in Plymouth.

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    Able Crown

    Able Crown is a comics character.

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    Notable Persons With the Last Name Able

    Notable Persons With the Last Name Able

    Whitney Able

    Whitney Able is an actress and model. She was most active from 2005 to present. Whitney was given the name Whitney Nees Able on February 6th, 1982 in Houston, Texas, U.S.

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    Timothy Able

    Timothy Able is a police officer, detective constable, and constable.

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    George Graham Able

    George was born on July 28th, 1947.

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    Forest Able

    Forest Able is a basketball player for the Syracuse Nationals. He was most prominent from 1956 to 1957. Forest was born on July 27th, 1932.

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    Franck Odje Able

    Franck Odje Able is an athlete for the Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag.

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    Ethnicity Distribution

    Ethnicity Able U.S.
      White 70.83% 64.26%
      African American 22.18% 11.96%
      Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 1.20% 4.85%
      American Indian and Alaska Native 0.58% 0.69%
      Two or More Ethnicities 1.82% 1.76%
      Hispanic or Latino 3.39% 16.26%

    Of Last Name Able

    People with the last name Able are most frequently White or African American

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    Fun Facts about the name Able

  1. How Popular is the name Able? Able is the 11,120th most popular name of all time. As a last name Able was the 12,766th most popular name in 2010.
  2. How many people with the first name Able have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 968 babies born with the first name Able in the United States. That's more than enough people named Able to occupy the country of Vatican City with an estimated population of 800 (as of March 1, 2011).
  3. What year were 5 or more babies first named Able? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1912 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  4. When was Able first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Able is Tuesday, February 16th, 1875.
  5. What year had the most people named Able born? The highest recorded use of the first name Able was in 2014 with a total of 45 babies.
  6. Random Able Factoid: According to the 1998 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Able is not a popular baby boy's name in California. Imagine that, only 6 babies in California have the same name in 1998.
  7. Weird things about the name Able: The name spelled backwards is Elba. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Leab. How do you pronounce that?
  8. How many people have the last name Able? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 2,417 people with the last name Able.
  9. How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Able? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Able as their last name since less than 1 person in 122k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
  10. Able name meaning

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