Given name & surname
Abda
“a servant”
Abda is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a servant.”
Original Hebrewעבדא
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a servant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'abad (עבד), “to work or serve.”
From biblical name research
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Abda appears in 1 Kings 4:6, Nehemiah 11:17, 1 Chronicles 9:16.
- 1 Kings 4:6
- Nehemiah 11:17
- 1 Chronicles 9:16
From biblical name research
Abda’s family of names
Abda has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form ABDON. Abda has a related form in Abdah. In German usage, Abda has a conventional equivalent in the Hebrew form עַבְדָּא.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 7
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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