Entry № 5076 · Maya origin

K'abel K'abel — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-BEL /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Maya
Meaning
"Maya warrior queen (Lady Snake Lord)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Maya)

A name that means "maya warrior queen (lady snake lord)".

K'abel (c. 672-692 CE) was the Maya warrior queen of the Wak Kingdom (El Perú-Waka' in modern Guatemala) — bearing the rare military title Kaloomte' (Supreme Warrior). She outranked her own husband King K'inich Bahlam II and is described in Maya glyphs as Ix Kaloomte' — the highest warrior rank in Maya society. Her tomb was discovered in 2012 with elaborate jade ornaments and an inscribed alabaster vessel.

One of the most powerful named female rulers of the Classic Maya period.

Lady Snake Lord. Maya supreme warrior queen who outranked her own husband.

The name in its native script.

K'abel
Transliteration
K'abel
Pronunciation
/ kəˈbɛl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where K'abel stands.

K'abel does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

K'abels before her.

Real people
Lady K'abel
Maya supreme warrior queen.
c. 672 – 692 CE
In fiction
K'abel
Maya glyphic inscriptions.

Names connected to K'abel.

The number behind K'abel.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of K'abel reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.