name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
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Proper Name guide
Abbott
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/ˈæbət/
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 B AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
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Usage: rare
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Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
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Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clay County, Mississippi, named after F. M. Abbott.
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Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hall County, Nebraska, named after Othman A. Abbott.
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Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
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Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Hill County, Texas, named after Joseph Abbott.
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Craig County, Virginia.
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Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia, named after postmaster Charles A. Abbott.
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Meaning 10
A locality in Monte Partido, Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
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History
Etymology
An occupational surname for someone employed by an abbot. In the U.S., sometimes an anglicization of Italian Abate, Spanish Abad or German Abt. Doublet of Abad.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أَبُوت (ʔabut) — surname
- Arabic: أَبُوت (ʔabot) — surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 阿博特 (Ābótè) — surname
- Japanese: アボット (Abotto) — surname
- Korean: 애벗 (Aebeot) — surname
- Russian: Э́ббот (Ébbot) — surname
- Catalan: Abat — surnames derived from the equivalents of “abbot”
- Dutch: Abt — surnames derived from the equivalents of “abbot”
- Dutch: Abts — surnames derived from the equivalents of “abbot”
- French: Labbé — surnames derived from the equivalents of “abbot”
- German: Abt — surnames derived from the equivalents of “abbot”
- German: Abts — surnames derived from the equivalents of “abbot”
- Italian: Abate — surnames derived from the equivalents of “abbot”
- Spanish: Abad — surnames derived from the equivalents of “abbot”