First name origins & meanings:
- Latin: Head of a monastery; nickname for Abigail
- Hebrew, Arabic: Father
- Hebrew: Father of light
First name variations: Abey, Abbe, Abbie, Abby, Ab, Abba, Abbe, Abbie, Abo, Abbas, Ab, Abbie, Abby, Abna, Abnar, Abner, Abnor, Avner, Eb, Ebbie, Ebby, Ebner, Ebner
Last name origin & meaning:
English: from Middle English abbeye, abbaye (Old
French abeie, Late Latin abbatia ‘priest’s house’),
applied as a topographic name for someone living in or near an abbey,
or an occupational name for someone working in one.