Given name & surname · also Old English
Abdon
“settlement”
Abdon is a surname from Old English, ultimately from Spanish. It is used in English, Polish, and Czech.
Original SpanishAbdón
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Abdon comes from Old English, and ultimately from Spanish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Abdon appears in Joshua 21:30, Judges 12:13, 1 Chronicles 8:23 and 4 other passages.
- Joshua 21:30
- Judges 12:13
- 1 Chronicles 8:23
- 1 Chronicles 8:30
- 1 Chronicles 9:39
- 2 Chronicles 34:20
- 2 Kings 22:12
From biblical name research
Abdon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 359
- 359 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 13 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 7 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,017 as a first name in 2020; 794 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.
Abdon’s family of names
In Polish usage, Abdon has a conventional equivalent in Abda. In German usage, Abdon has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form ABDONE. In French usage, Abdon has a conventional equivalent in the Occitan form ABDOUN.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Abdon has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Old English roots to each of them.
8 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
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.
People named Abdon
- Abdon PamichItalian athleteborn 1933
- Abdón PratsMallorcan footballerborn 1992
- Abdón PorteUruguayan footballer (1893-1918)
- Abdón UbidiaEcuadorian writerborn 1944
- Abdon SgarbiItalian footballer (1903-1929)
- Abdón ReyesBolivian footballerborn 1981
- Abdón Calderón GaraycoaEcuadorian revolutionary (1804–1822)
- Abdon AlinoviItalian politician1923–2018
- Abdon BaptistaBrazilian politician1851–1922
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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