Boy name origins & meanings Hebrew, Arabic : Father Boy name variations Ab Abba Abbe Abbey Abbie Abo Family name origins & meanings Muslim (widespread throughout the Muslim world) : from the Arabic personal name ‛Abbās, literally ‘stern’, ‘austere’. ‛Abbās was the name of an uncle (died 652) of the Prophet Muhammad, the ancestor of the Abbasid dynasty (see Abbasi).German : Latinized form of Abt ‘abbot’.