Abo (name)

Abo is an Arabic and Hebrew male name and a variant form of Abbas.[1] It is from Abbas that Abo takes its meaning of stern or somber father.[1] In Arabic, Abbas is a symbolic name referring to the lion, the king of beasts.[2]

Abo

Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Stern father
Other names
See also	Abbas, Abot

The variant used in the Russian language as a Christian name is "А́бо" (Abo).[3] It is possible that the Russian name was derived from the Biblical Hebrew word meaning father, but it is also possible that it was derived from av, the name of a Hebrew month.[3]

In the United States, according to the 2000 U.S. Census Abo is an uncommon first name but a fairly common last name for both men and women; ranking 53,205 out of 88,799.[1]

People with the given name Abo

• Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (1910–1969), Egyptian screenwriter
• Abo of Tiflis (ca. 756–786), 8th-Century Christian martyr

People with the surname Abo

• Kiyokazu Abo (1870–1948), Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral during World War I
• Lady Ursula d'Abo (1916–2017); English socialite
• Léonie Abo (b. 1945), Congolese writer
• Takeshi Abo (阿保 剛, born 1973) (living), Japanese video game musician
• Maryam d'Abo (b. 1960), English television and film actress
• Mike d'Abo (b. 1944), English singer-songwriter, cousin of Maryam
• Olivia d'Abo (b. 1969), actress; daughter of Mike, above

See also

• Abu Hafs Umar ibn Shuayb al-Iqritishi, 9th-century Spanish explorer and member of the Muslim clergy

References

Notes

1. "Abo | meaning of Abo | name Abo". Think Baby Names. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
2. "Abbas | meaning of Abbas | name Abbas". Thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
3. Superanskaya, p. 30

Sources

• А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. ISBN 5-699-14090-5