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I really like the name Abel. The Bible story doesn't bother me. I don't believe that any word of the Bible is the word of God, anyway, and I don't believe that some of the stories really happened, and the Cain/Abel story is one that I don't believe happened. I think a lot of the people in the Old Testament, whether I believe they really existed or not, acted in crappy ways, but that doesn't take away from the Old Testament charm of some of the names.

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It doesn't bother me that it sounds like the word "able", just as it doesn't bother me that Wade sounds like the words "wade" and "weighed". I'm the mother of a Will. I've had call in my life to say "Will will."