Abe

Where Abe comes from

A shortening from Abraham. In the slang sense for money, refers to the picture of Abraham Lincoln on the currency.
— Wiktionary's entry for Abe
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #234 among boys — 50 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1898
    Peak, #215
    67 babies named Abe — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1920
    Abe Lenstra born
    Dutch footballer
  4. 1921
    Abe Vigoda born
    American actor
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,573.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Abraham, from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Abe Vigoda · American actor, 1921–2016
  • Abe Lenstra · Dutch footballer, 1920–1985
  • Abe Wiersma · Dutch rower, born 1994
  • Abe Fortas · United States Supreme Court Justice, 1910–1982
  • Abe Saperstein · American sports executive and basketball coach, 1902–1966

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.