Annabel
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Annabel is a female given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

, a variant of Amabel
Mabel
Mabel is an English female given name derived from the Latin amabilis, "lovable, dear". Amabilis of Riom was a French male saint who logically would have assumed the name Amabilis upon entering the priesthood: his veneration may have resulted in Amabilis being used as a female as well as male name...

 probably influenced by Anna
Anna (name)
Anna is a Latin form of the Greek name Greek Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah . Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the...

. It may also be also a combination of Anna
Anna (given name)
Anna is a Latin form of the Greek name Greek Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah . Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Anne, originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for hundreds of years, and Ann, which was originally the...

and the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 word Belle
Belle
Belle is the feminine form of the French word which means beautiful.It may also refer to:-Business:* Belle Baby Carriers, a U.S. baby carrier manufacturer* Belle International, a Chinese footwear retailer-Computers and software:...

, which is sometimes used as a given name in the English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

.

It can refer to:
  • Annabel
    Annabel (novel)
    Annabel: A Novel for Young Folk is a 1906 juvenile novel written by L. Frank Baum, the author famous for his series of books on the Land of Oz. The book was issued under the pen name "Suzanne Metcalf," one of Baum's various pseudonyms...

    , 1906 novel by L. Frank Baum
  • Annabel
    Annabel (Winter novel)
    Annabel is a 2010 novel by Canada-based author Kathleen Winter. It was short-listed for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and adapted for BBC Radio by Emma Harding and Miranda Davies.A baby is born in 1968, in far-from-everywhere northern Labrador, Canada...

    , a 2010 novel by Kathleen Winter
    Kathleen Winter
    Kathleen Winter is a Canadian short story writer and novelist.Born in Bill Quay, near Gateshead in the north of England and raised in Newfoundland and Labrador, Winter began her career as a script writer for Sesame Street before becoming a columnist for The Telegram in St. John's...

  • "Annabel", a song performed by Maria Dimitriadi
    Maria Dimitriadi
    Maria Dimitriadi , was a Greek singer. She was considered a "total voice" and one of the most renowned performers of the songs of Mikis Theodorakis and Thanos Mikroutsikos...

     in the film Koritsia ston ilio, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918


It can refer to the following people:
  • Annabelle Apsion
    Annabelle Apsion
    Annabelle Apsion is an English actress, best known for playing Monica Gallagher in the hit television comedy-drama Shameless, which she played intermittently between 2004 and 2006, before becoming a regular cast member for the show's fourth series in 2007. She left the show in 2008 in order to...

     (British actress)
  • Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor
    Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor
    Annabel Lucy Veronica Astor, Viscountess Astor is an English businesswoman who is the CEO of OKA Direct, a home furnishings design company...

     (English socialite)
  • Annabel Chong
    Annabel Chong
    Grace Quek , better known by her stage name Annabel Chong, is a former pornographic actress now living in the United States. On 19 January 1995, at the age of 22, she became famous by engaging in 251 sex acts with about 70 men over a ten-hour period, setting a world record, with the resulting...

     a.k.a. Grace Quek (pornographic actress)
  • Annabelle Chvostek
    Annabelle Chvostek
    Annabelle Chvostek is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Montreal. She is known for her rich singing voice, compelling lyrics and genre-spanning musicality, as well as her Juno-nominated work with harmony trio The Wailin' Jennys....

     (Canadian singer/songwriter)
  • Annabelle Cripps
    Annabelle Cripps
    Annabelle Cripps is a retired competitive swimmer from England, who specialised in the freestyle and butterfly events. She represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1998 Summer Olympic Games.-References:* *...

     (British swimmer)
  • Annabel Croft
    Annabel Croft
    Annabel Croft is a former professional tennis player and current radio and television presenter. As a tennis player she won the WTA Tour event Virginia Slims of San Diego and represented Great Britain in the Fed Cup and the Wightman Cup.After retiring from tennis, she turned to television...

     (tennis player)
  • Annabelle Ewing
    Annabelle Ewing
    Annabelle Janet Ewing is a Scottish politician, lawyer and currently a SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for Mid Scotland and Fife...

     (Scottish politician)
  • Annabel Giles
    Annabel Giles
    Annabel Giles has been a model, a television and radio presenter, an actress, a comedienne and a novellist during her career .-Career:...

     (writer)
  • Annabel Langbein
    Annabel Langbein
    Annabel Langbein is a New Zealand celebrity cook, food writer and publisher. She is also a regular radio guest and TV presenter, and has fronted her own TV series, Annabel Langbein The Free Range Cook, on the TV One network in New Zealand...

     (New Zealand chef)
  • Annabel Goldie
    Annabel Goldie
    Annabel MacNicoll Goldie is a Scottish Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland Region. She was the Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party in the Scottish Parliament from 2005 until 2011....

     (Scottish politician)
  • Lady Annabel Goldsmith
    Lady Annabel Goldsmith
    Lady Annabel Goldsmith is a British socialite and the eponym for a celebrated London nightclub of the late 20th century, Annabel's. She was first married for two decades to entrepreneur Mark Birley, the creator of Annabel's, which she helped make a glamorous success as her husband's inaugural...

     (English socialite)
  • Annabel Lamb
    Annabel Lamb
    -Career:Annabel Lamb has released eight albums to date. She had a British Top 30 hit in 1983 with her cover version of The Doors song, Riders on the Storm, her only hit in the UK singles chart. She appeared performing the song on Top of The Pops later that year. Her debut album, Once Bitten,...

     (singer)
  • Annabel Lyon
    Annabel Lyon
    Annabel Lyon is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. She's published two collections of short fiction, two young adult novels, and an adult historical novel, The Golden Mean.-Life and work:...

     (writer)
  • Annabelle Lyon (dancer)
    Annabelle Lyon (dancer)
    Annabelle Lyon was raised in Memphis, where father Max ran a chain of grocery stores...

  • Annabel Miguelena
    Annabel Miguelena
    Annabel Miguelena was born in Chitré in 1984. She is a Panamanian writer, actress and lawyer. Has published "Amo tus pies mugrientos" , "Punto final" and "Pedacito de luna"...

     (Panamanian writer and actress)
  • Annabel Mullion
    Annabel Mullion
    Annabel Mullion is an English actress.After studying drama at the University of East Anglia from 1988 to 1991, she began a career in acting. Her first screen part was in the film Carrington...

     (English actress)
  • Annabel Port
    Annabel Port
    Annabel Port is a British radio presenter who currently acts as a sidekick on Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show, broadcast from Monday to Friday on Absolute Radio from 5 pm to 8 pm. She is known for her witty sense of humour and eccentric behaviour...

     (Radio presenter)
  • Dame Annabelle Rankin
    Annabelle Rankin
    Dame Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin DBE was the second woman member of the Australian Senate, the first woman from Queensland to sit in the Parliament of Australia, the first woman to have a federal portfolio and the first woman to be appointed head of a foreign mission.-Biography:Rankin was born in...

     (Australian politician)
  • Annabel Young
    Annabel Young
    Annabel Young is a former New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1997 to 2002, representing the National Party. She entered Parliament on 22 April 1997, having been the next candidate on National's party list when list MP Jim Gerard resigned...

     (former New Zealand politician)
  • Annabelle (singer)
    Annabelle (singer)
    Annabelle is a French singer and actress, daughter of actor Marcel Mouloudji.-Singer:She performed the title "Fuis Lawrence d'Arabia" in 1987, which peaked at #12 on the French Singles Chart...

     (French singer and actress)


It can refer to the following fictional characters:
  • Annabel Lee in the poem "Annabel Lee
    Annabel Lee
    "Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels are jealous. He...

    " by Edgar Allan Poe
  • "Annabel" (Evelyn Draper) in the film Play Misty for Me
    Play Misty for Me
    Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, in his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. The original music score was composed by Dee Barton.-Plot:...

  • "Annabelle" (pink whippet, spoken by Bebe Neuwirth
    Bebe Neuwirth
    Beatrice "Bebe" Neuwirth is an American actress, singer and dancer. She has worked in television and is known for her portrayal of Dr. Lilith Sternin, Dr. Frasier Crane's wife , on both the TV sitcom Cheers , and its spin-off Frasier...

    ) in the films All Dogs Go to Heaven
    All Dogs Go to Heaven
    All Dogs Go to Heaven is a 1989 Irish-English animated film directed and produced by Don Bluth and released by United Artists. The film tells the story of two dogs, Charlie B. Barkin and his loyal best friend Itchy Itchiford...

    , All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
    All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
    All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 is a 1996 American animated family film, and a sequel to United Artists' 1989 animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven. It is directed by Larry Leker and Paul Sabella...

    , All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
    All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series
    All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series is an animated television series which aired from 1996 to 1998 in syndication and on the Fox Family Channel from 1998 to 1999, with 41 half-hour episodes produced in total. It was produced by MGM Animation and was distributed by Claster Television...

    as well as the cartoon movie An All Dogs Christmas Carol
    An All Dogs Christmas Carol
    An All Dogs Christmas Carol is a 1998 animated TV movie which was originally aired on ABC. It is the third and currently final installment in the All Dogs Go to Heaven film series. Unlike the first two films, Carface is the story's main character...

  • Annabel Greene, a character in the novel Just Listen
    Just Listen (novel)
    Just Listen is a novel written by teen-author Sarah Dessen. It is her seventh published novel.-Plot summary :Annabel Greene is a girl who has it all - at least, that's how it seems on TV commercials. Annabel's life is far from perfect. Though, some thought that Annabel had everything people often...

     by Sarah Dessen
    Sarah Dessen
    Sarah Dessen is an American writer who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.- Background :Sarah Dessen was born in Evanston, Illinois on June 6, 1970. She moved with her family to Virginia then North Carolina where she now resides with her husband, Jay, daughter Sasha Clementine, and dogs...

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