Annabelle

Where Annabelle comes from

A variant of Annabel, by folk etymology, "beautiful Anna".
— Wiktionary's entry for Annabelle
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #580 among girls — 9 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1984
    Annabelle Wallis born
    British actress
  3. 1996
    Annabelle McIntyre born
    Australian rower
  4. 2014
    Peak, #57
    4,363 babies named Annabelle — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2014
    The comeback
    Back to #57 after sinking to #2,390 in 1978.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Annabelle Wallis · British actress, born 1984
  • Annabelle McIntyre · Australian rower, born 1996
  • Annabelle Moore · American dancer, 1878–1961
  • Annabelle Apsion · English actress, born 1960
  • Annabelle Euranie · French judoka, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.