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"ANNABEL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be lovable". |
Date "ANNABEL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Annabel in Dryden's satire of Absalom and Achitophel is designed for the Duchess of Monmouth. Her maiden name and title were Anne Scott, Countess of Buccleuch, the richest heiress in Europe. The duke was faithless to her, and after his death, the widow, still handsome, married again. "To all his [Monmouth's] wishes, nothing he [David] denied; And made the charming Annabel his bride." Part i. lines 33, 34. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ANNABEL |
| Non-English Usage: "ANNABEL" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Russian (Bella). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Annabel Takes a Tour (1938) The Affairs of Annabel (1938) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| "ANNABEL" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.61% of the time. "ANNABEL" is used about 209 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 97.61% | 204 | 21,327 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.91% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.48% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 209 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ANNABEL" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Annabel | First name Female | 3,000 | 1,829 |
| Annabel | Last name | 100 | 88,482 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "ANNABEL" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be lovable". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "ANNABEL." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Amabel | Female | English | N/A |
| Annabel | Female | English | Amabel |
| Annabella | Female | English | Annabel |
| Annabelle | Female | English | Annabel |
| Mabel | Female | English | Amabel |
| Annabella | Female | Italian | Annabel |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ANNABEL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | Эннабел, Аннабел. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"ANNABEL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Annesely, Annibal, Anuarbek, Narazel, pannable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-l-n-n" | |
-1 letter: anneal. | |
-2 letters: alane, annal, banal. | |
-3 letters: able, alae, alan, alba, anal, anna, baal, bale, bane, bean, blae, elan, lane, lean, naan, nabe, nana. | |
-4 letters: aal, aba, ala, alb, ale, ana, ane, baa, bal, ban, bel, ben, lab, lea, nab, nae, nan, neb. | |
-5 letters: aa, ab, ae, al, an, ba, be, el, en, la, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-l-n-n" | |
+1 letter: tannable. | |
+2 letters: nonarable, scannable, unbalance. | |
+3 letters: belladonna, blancmange, nonsalable, nontaxable, tenantable, unamenable, unbalanced, unbalances, unnameable. | |
+4 letters: belladonnas, blancmanges, cannibalise, cannibalize, containable, inalienable, inalienably, inenarrable, noncallable, nontaxables, rebalancing, unalienable, undanceable, undauntable, unlearnable. | |
+5 letters: cannibalised, cannibalises, cannibalized, cannibalizes, cannonballed, damnableness, maintainable, nonbacterial, nonbreakable, nonflammable, nonmalleable, nonrepayable, sanctionable, tabernacling, unambivalent, unanalyzable, unanswerable, unanswerably, unattainable, unchangeable, unchangeably, unimaginable, unmanageable, unmanageably, unobtainable, unpardonable, unpatentable, unreasonable, unreasonably, unseasonable, unseasonably. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Names: Derived from 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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