Family name origins & meanings
- German : variant of Abel 2.
- German : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ōd ‘possession’, ‘property’ + bald ‘bold’, ‘strong’.
- French : patronymic from the nickname Lebel ‘the handsome (one)’: (fils) à Lebel ‘(son) of Lebel’.
- Altered spelling of Slovenian Avbelj or Aubelj, both probably of German origin, from an old personal name (see 2).