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 [ syll. a-bi, ab-i ] The boy name Abi is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is AABAY KEY. Abi is used predominantly in the English language, and its origin is Turkish and Hebrew. From Turkish and Hebrew roots, its meaning is elder brother. In addition, Abi is a pet form (English) of the name Abraham (Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew). Abi is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly linked to Abi, Abraham (Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew) was the most regularly used. Baby names that sound like Abi include Aapo (Finnish), Abba (Hebrew), Abbey (English), Abby (English), Abie (English), Abu (Arabic), Afi (Twi), Avi (Hebrew), Aviv (Hebrew), Ib (Scandinavian), Ihab (Arabic), Ivo (German), Iyov (Hebrew), Ab (English and Dutch), and Aub (English). KEY: approx pronunciation for Abi: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)"   |
