Name: Abner
Gender: Male
Usage: Abner, of hebrew origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Abner are in general originating from Israel, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Abner across the world, see Avner.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Abner is: The father is a light, Father of light.
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Numerology of the first name Abner: 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 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Successful, Visionary
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Abner is ranked on the 5,006th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 61300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Abner has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Abner is both a surname and a given name. The best known is Abner from the Bible (Book of Samuel), first cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army. Other notable people with the name include:
Given name:
- Abnér (died 760), Irish abbot
- Abner of Burgos (c. 1270-c. 1347 or a little later), Jewish philosopher, convert to Christianity and polemical writer against his former religion
- Abner Biberman (1909–1977), American actor, director and screenwriter
- Abner Coburn (1803–1885), 30th Governor of Maine
- Abner Cole (1783–1835), American newspaper editor
- Abner Cook (1814-1884), Texas architect and general contractor
- Abner Cotto (born 1987), Puerto Rican boxer
- Abner Dalrymple (1857-1939), American Major League Baseball player
- Abner Dean (1910–1982), American cartoonist
- Abner Doble (1890–1961), American mechanical engineer who built and sold steam-powered automobiles
- Abner Doubleday (1819-1893), American Civil War Union Army general often erroneously credited with inventing baseball
- Abner C. Harding (1807-1874), member of Congress, U.S. Representative from Illinois and Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War
- Abner Haynes (born 1937), American former college and American Football League player
- Abner Hazeltine (1793–1879), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York and lawyer
- Abner Jay (1921–1993), American multi-instrument musician
- Abner Jones (1772–1841), minister and early church reformer in the United States
- Abner Kneeland (1774–1844), American radical evangelist and theologian, the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy
- Abner Lacock (1770–1837), American politician, Senator from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Militia brigadier general, surveyor and civil engineer
- Abner Lewis (1801-1879), U.S. Representative from New York, judge and attorney
- Abner Smith Lipscomb (1789-1856), Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas, lawyer and judge
- Abner Louima, a victim of police brutality
- Abner Mares (born 1985), Mexican boxer who won several world championship titles
- Abner Reid McClelan (1831-1917), Canadian politician
- Abner J. Mikva (born 1926), American former U.S. Representative from Illinois, White House Counsel, federal judge and law professor
- Abner Nash (1740–1786), second Governor of North Carolina, representative in the Continental Congress and lawyer
- Abner Pākī (c. 1808–1855), Hawaiian chief
- Abner Monroe Perrin (1827-1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War
- Abner Powell (1860-1953), American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner
- Abner Read (1821–1863), United States Navy officer killed in the American Civil War
- Abner Shimony (born 1928), American physicist and philosopher of science
- Abner W. Sibal (1921-2000), American politician and U.S. Representative from Connecticut
- Abner Silver (1899-1966), American songwriter
- Abner Taylor (1829-1903), U.S. Representative from Illinois and businessman
- Abner Wilcox (1808–1869), American missionary teacher in the Kingdom of Hawaii
- Abner Wimberly (1926-1976), American football player
- Abner Zwillman (1904-1959), Jewish-American gangster
Surname:
- David Abner, Sr. (1826–1902), American legislator and former slave
- Ewart Abner (1923-1997), American record company executive
- Shawn Abner (born 1966), American former Major League Baseball player
Fictional characters:
- Abner Jenkins, Marvel Comics character
- Abner Peabody, a character in the Lum and Abner American radio program (1931-1954)
- Abner Yokum, title character of the American comic strip L'il Abner
Biblical: name (meaning ‘father of light’ in Hebrew) of a relative of King Saul, who was in command of Saul's army (I Samuel 14: 50; 26: 5). It is not common as a given name in England, but has enjoyed a steady, modest popularity in America, where it was brought in at the time of the earliest Puritan settlements.
Variant: Jewish: Avner.
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