Abbas

Boy name variations

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’.

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• 70 Muslim Boy Names (and Their Urdu Meanings)
• German Last Names and Meanings
• Egyptian Surnames and Meanings