Frequency: (368)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: from a post-humanist personal name.
2. English: from the personal name Anabel, an alteration of Amabel, a feminine name derived from Latin amabilis ‘lovable’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
