Given name
Abia
“one who is great”
Abia is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is great.”
Original Hebrewאביה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is great.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Latin Abīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀβῑᾱ́, from Hebrew אֲבִיָה (ʾĂḇiyyā́, “worshipper of Jah”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. 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 Abia appears in Luke 1:5, Matthew 1:7, Nehemiah 10:7 and 2 other passages.
- Luke 1:5
- Matthew 1:7
- Nehemiah 10:7
- Nehemiah 12:4
- Nehemiah 12:17
From biblical name research
Abia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 108
- 0 boys · 108 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −80%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 202 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.
Abia’s family of names
Abia has a related form in Abijah. Abia has a related form in Abiah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 41
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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- Abnershares a root
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- Joabshares a root
- Eliabshares a root
- Jobshares a root
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- Abbashares a root
- Abishares a root
- Absalomshares a root
- Abiudshares a root
- Abiramshares a root
- Abinadabshares a root
- Abihailshares a root
- Abiezershares a root
- Abidanshares a root
- Abidashares a root
- Oholiabshares a root
- Moabshares a root
- Huram-abishares a root
- Chileabshares a root
- Ben-abinadabshares a root
- Bebaishares a root
- Barabbasshares a root
- Ahabshares a root
- Abitubshares a root
- Abitalshares a root
- Abishurshares a root
- Abishuashares a root
- Abishalomshares a root
- Abishagshares a root
- Abinoamshares a root
- Abimelechshares a root
- Abijamshares a root
- Abihudshares a root
- Abihushares a root
- Abiatharshares a root
- Abiasaphshares a root
- Abi-Albonshares a root
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