Family name origins & meanings
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name Abele (see Abeles) + German Mann ‘man’.
- Americanized spelling of German Abelmann, which is from the personal name Abel (a pet form of Albrecht) + -mann as a diminutive suffix.
- This surname was brought to PA from Germany by one Heinrich Abelmann in the 18th century.