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1/15/2013, 11:56 AM Mike C
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8/27/2010, 8:35 PM Antique_Cherub
8/27/2010, 8:33 PM Antique_Cherub

Name Amabelle
Gender Feminine
Usage Literature
Other Forms FormsAmabel
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Variant of AMABEL influenced by French (i.e., with a French feminine name suffix). Used by Haitian-born author Edwidge Danticat for a character in the historical novel 'The Farming of Bones' (1998); the book chronicles a young Haitian girl named Amabelle Desir's 1937 escape from the Dominican Republic following the Parsley Massacre and the spread of antihaitianismo.
Added 8/27/2010 by Antique_Cherub