Baby Names Guide

Abad \a-bad\ as a boy's name is a variant of Abbott (Old English), and the meaning of Abad is "father, priest". The baby name Abad sounds like Abid, Abot, Abda, Abdi and Obed. Other similar baby names are Aad, Amad and Asad.

Abbot \a(b)-bot\ as a boy's name is a variant of Abbott (Old English), and the meaning of Abbot is "father, priest". The baby name Abbot sounds like Abot and Abott. Other similar baby names are Abbas, Abo, Abbie, Abbey, Abbe, Abba, Abby, Abert, Cabot and Cabbot. View a list of the 5 names that reference Abbot.

Abbott \a-bbo-tt\ as a boy's name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Abbott is "father, priest". An abbot is the head of a religious community of monks living in a monastery, so the original bearers of this name (as a surname) may have worked for an abbot. Also, the name may have originated as a teasing nickname for a man with the grave and pious attitude associated with an abbot. Use as a first name occurred mostly in the 19th century. In the 1940s and early 1950s Bud Abbott served as a straight man to short chubby comedian Lou Costello. Abbott has 11 variant forms: Ab, Abad, Abba, Abbe, Abe, Abbey, Abbie, Abbot, Abby, Abot and Abott. Baby names that sound like Abbott are Abda, Abdi and Abid. View a list of the 6 names that reference Abbott.