Abbas

Where Abbas comes from

From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.
— Wiktionary's entry for Abbas
  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #5,464 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2018
    Peak, #1,671
    95 babies named Abbas — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.