Given name & surname
Abasi
“one who is stern”
Abasi is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “one who is stern.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “one who is stern.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abasi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 40 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 114 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abasi’s family of names
Abasi has a related form in Abasea. Abasi has a related form in Abasee. Abasi has a related form in Abasey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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