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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Latin: Head of a monastery; nickname for Abigail
  2. Hebrew, Arabic: Father
  3. 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.

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