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Updated January 17, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew, Arabic : Father

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Abbas

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world) : from the Arabic personal name ‛Abbās, literally ‘stern’, ‘austere’. ‛Abbās was the name of an uncle (died 652) of the Prophet Muhammad, the ancestor of the Abbasid dynasty (see Abbasi).
  • German : Latinized form of Abt ‘abbot’.

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