Abe Name Meaning & Origin
Abe
Pronunciation: AYB (key)
Origin of the name Abraham:
Hebrew name meaning "father of many." Abraham's original name was Abram (exalted father). He was the son of Terah and patriarch of both the Hebrews and Arabs. He was the husband of Sarah and father of Ishmael and Isaac.
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Abe contains the same letters as Bea.
USAGE: English, Jewish
PRONOUNCED: AYB (English)
VARIANTS: Bram (English), Avi (Hebrew)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Ebrahim, Ibraheem, Ibrahim (Arabic), Abraham (Biblical), Abraam (Biblical Greek), Avraham (Biblical Hebrew), Abraham (Biblical Latin), Ibro (Bosnian), Ibragim (Chechen), Abraham, Braam, Bram (Dutch), Aabraham, Aapo (Finnish), Abraam, Abram (Georgian), Braam (Limburgish), Ibragim (Ossetian), Ebrahim (Persian), Abram (Russian), İbrahim (Turkish), Ibrahima (Western African)
USAGE: Frisian, Dutch
OTHER LANGUAGES: Adalbert, Albert, Albertus, Adalberht (Ancient Germanic), Albert (Catalan), Albert (Danish), Albert, Al, Bert, Bertie, Delbert (English), Alpertti, Altti, Pertti (Finnish), Albert, Aubert (French), Alberte (Galician), Adalbert, Adelbert, Albert, Albrecht, Bert (German), Albert (Hungarian), Albert (Icelandic), Adalberto, Alberto (Italian), Albaer, Baer (Limburgish), Albertas (Lithuanian), Albert (Norwegian), Adalbert, Albert (Polish), Adalberto, Alberto (Portuguese), Albert (Romanian), Albert (Russian), Adalberto, Alberto (Spanish), Albert (Swedish)
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Short form of ABRAHAM
Variant of ABBE
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Japanese Emperors: 2 empresses
Empress Ahe (a.k.a. Abe) 707-715
Empress Abe 749-758; 765-770- Abe in song, story & screen
Fictional Characters from Television: 1 character
Abe Simpson 1989 The Simpsons
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