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Ab - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ab

[ 1 syll. ab ] The boy name Ab is pronounced AEB KEY. Ab's language of origin is Middle English and Hebrew. It is predominantly used in English and Dutch.

Ab is a short form of the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham in the Dutch language.

Ab is also a short form of the English Abner.

Ab is also a short form of the English Abelard.

Ab is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, out of the family of boy names directly related to Ab, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Ab include the English Aub, the Finnish Aapo, the Hebrew Abba, the English Abbey, the English Abby, the English Abi, the English Abie, the Arabic Abu, the Twi Afi, the Hebrew Avi, the Hebrew Aviv, the Scandinavian Ib, the Arabic Ihab, the German Ivo, and the Hebrew Iyov.

KEY: Pronunciation for Ab: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)"


 
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