Family name origins & meanings
- Southern French : topographic name for someone living near an abadie, which means both ‘abbey’ and ‘family chapel’ (from Late Latin abbatia ‘priest’s house’).
- Americanized spelling of Hungarian Abádi, a habitational name for someone from a place called Abád in Heves county, Abádszalók in Pest county, or other places named after the ancient Aba clan.