Name: Abe
Gender: Male
Usage: Abe, of hebrew origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Abe are in general originating from Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Abe across the world, see Abraham.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Abe is: Father of a multitude or many nations, Father of nations.
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Numerology of the first name Abe: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Abe is ranked on the 2,053rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 199600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.003% of the population. The name Abe has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Abe for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Abe /ˈeɪb/ is commonly used in English-speaking countries as a shortened form of the name "Abraham", or as a personal name in its own right.
People with the given name Abe:
- Abe Attell ("The Little Hebrew"; 1884–1970), American world champion Hall of Fame featherweight boxer
- Abe Burrows (1910–1985), American playwright/director
- Abe Goldstein (1898–1977), American world champion bantamweight boxer
- Abraham Lincoln (1809–65), 16th president of the United States
- Abe Vigoda (born 1921), American actor
- Abe Fortas (1910–1982), Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- Abe (Glenn) Osser (born 1914), American musician
- Abe Saperstein (1908–66), UK-born American founder & owner of the Harlem Globetrotters
Fictional characters with the given name Abe:
- Abraham Simpson, Famous cartoon grandfather
- Abe (Oddworld), primary protagonist in the Oddworld fictional universe.
- Abe Pollack, Fictional time travel theorist.
1 Jewish (two syllables): Yiddish name, from Aramaic abba father, which was used as a personal name in Talmudic times instead of Abraham.
2 Jewish and English (one syllable): short form of Abraham.
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