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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Southern French : topographic name for someone living near an abadie, which means both ‘abbey’ and ‘family chapel’ (from Late Latin abbatia ‘priest’s house’).
  • Americanized spelling of Hungarian Abádi, a habitational name for someone from a place called Abád in Heves county, Abádszalók in Pest county, or other places named after the ancient Aba clan.

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