80%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage English, Dutch Pronounced Pron. /ˈæn.ə.ˌbɛl/(English) /ɑ.naː.ˈbɛl/(Dutch) [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Amabel, with the spelling altered as if it were a combination of Anna and French belle "beautiful". This name appears to have arisen in Scotland in the Middle Ages. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsAnabella, Anabelle, Annabella, Annabelle, Arabella, Amabel(English) DiminutivesBella, Mabel, Mabella, Mabelle, Mable, Mae, May, Maybelle, Maybelline(English) Other Languages & CulturesAmable, Annabelle(French) Annabella(Italian) Amabilia(Late Roman) Anabela(Portuguese) Anabel(Spanish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #100 in 2012 Australia (NSW) Last ranked #296 in 2023 England and Wales Last ranked #499 in 1980 France Last ranked #468 in 2021 Netherlands Last ranked #951 in 2018 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic youthful formal upper class natural wholesome delicate refined serious Categories beauty, combinations, currently out of the US top 1000, Desperate Housewives characters, ends in -bel, ends in -el, Goldfrapp songs, Little Witch Academia characters, Lou Reed songs, love, medieval, paintings, The Locked Tomb characters, variants