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Abe - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Abe
 
 

 


The boy name Abe [ 1 syll. a-be, ab-e ] is pronounced EYB KEY. Abe's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used mainly in the English language.

Abe is a short form of the English Abner.

Abe is also an English short form of the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel.

Abe is also an English short form of the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham.

Abe is rare as a baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1905, 0.045% of baby boys were given the name Abe. It was #241 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is used only on a very light scale now. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Abe, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham was the most commonly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Abe include the Scandinavian Ebbe, the English Ahab, and the English Ebbie.

KEY: Pronunciation for Abe: EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)"


A famous person named Abe is Actor, Abe Vigoda, born 24 February 1921, New York, New York.

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