Abbott

Where Abbott comes from

An occupational surname for someone employed by an abbot. In the U.S., sometimes an anglicization of Italian Abate, Spanish Abad or German Abt. Doublet of Abad.
— Wiktionary's entry for Abbott
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1849
    Abbott Handerson Thayer born
    American artist
  2. 1856
    Abbott Lawrence Lowell born
    American educator and legal scholar
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #909 among boys with 5 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1881
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Abbott Handerson Thayer · American artist, 1849–1921
  • Abbott Lawrence Lowell · American educator and legal scholar, 1856–1943
  • Abbott Lawrence · American politician, 1792–1855
  • Abbott Lawrence Rotch · American meteorologist, 1861–1912
  • Abbott Payson Usher · American economic historian, 1883–1965

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.