Evel as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Evel

What is the meaning of the name Evel ?

The baby name Evel is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced EH-vuhl.

Evel is Hebrew in Origin.

Evel is best treated as a modern spelling related to the biblical name Abel. Its root language is Hebrew, where the earliest form is Hevel, written הֶבֶל. As a common noun, hevel denotes breath, vapor, or fleetingness, a sense also prominent in Ecclesiastes. The initial Hebrew consonant he was often weakened or lost as the name moved through Greek Abel and Latin Abel, while Evel reflects a later vowel-initial reshaping rather than a separate ancient form.

The biblical Abel, the second son of Adam and Eve in Genesis, gave the name its main Judeo-Christian association. Medieval and early modern European languages favored forms such as Abel, Avel, Hevel, and Havel, depending on local spelling habits and biblical translation traditions. Evel itself is rare in English records; in the United States it appears only sporadically in early twentieth-century Social Security data. Public recognition was shaped mainly by Evel Knievel, whose stage name was a respelling of the nickname Evil, so that fame should not be confused with the Hebrew etymology.