Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Abass isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abass through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 114
- 114 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,018 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,018 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a first name in 2020; 454 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abass’s family of names
Abass may belong to the same name family as Abas. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Abass
- Abass LawalNigerian footballerborn 1980
- Issah AbassGhanaian association football playerborn 1998
- Abass Cheikh DiengSenegalese association football playerborn 1985
- ObesereNigerian musicianborn 1965
- Abass AlaviIranian-American professorborn 1938
- DJ AbassNigerian DJborn 1968
- Abass BunduSierra Leonean politicianborn 1948
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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