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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Abella

Family name origins & meanings

  • Catalan, Galician, and Spanish : habitational name from any of several places called Abella, in Catalonia, Galicia and Santander.
  • Catalan and Galician : from abella ‘bee’, hence a nickname for a small, active person or an occupational name for a beekeeper.
  • Italian : mainly Sicilian variant of Avella.

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