Amable as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Amable

What is the meaning of the name Amable ?

The baby name Amable is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈama.ble/ — AH-mah-bleh.

Amable is French, Latin in Origin.

Amable is a Romance given name from Latin Amabilis, “lovable, worthy of love,” yielding the sense “amiable, kind.” It appears in French and Occitan records as Amable or Aimable, in Spanish as Amable (often unisex), and in Italian as Amabile. English cognates include Amabel and its later contraction Mabel; medieval feminine forms such as Amabilia also occur. The name’s warm meaning has kept its positive, courteous connotations across languages.

Documented since late antiquity through the cult of Saint Amabilis (Amable) of Riom, a 5th‑century cleric and cantor venerated in Auvergne (feast: 18 October), the name spread in francophone regions; Quebec even preserves it in the toponym Saint‑Amable. Parish registers show steady use in 17th–19th‑century France and French Canada, with rarer Spanish attestations. Today Amable is uncommon but recognizable, used chiefly as a masculine name in French, and as a gender‑neutral choice in Spanish.