Anabelle is a variant of Annabel, a Scottish name of the Middle Ages that is usually explained as a form of Amabel, from the Latin amabilis, "lovable", and later reinterpreted as Anna plus the French belle, "beautiful". With one n it looks closer to the Spanish Ana. In the United States Anabelle entered the top 1000 in 2005, peaked at number 460 in 2013 and has slipped back to number 2960 in 2025.