Given name
Abiner
“my father is a lamp”·“father of light”
Abiner is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאבנר
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Abiner means “my father is a lamp” or “father of light.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Abiner is a biblical name from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew noun 'ab (אב), “father,” and the Hebrew noun ner (נר), “lamp.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. 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 Abiner appears in 1 Samuel 14:51.
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Abiner through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14
- 14 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,255 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,255 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abiner’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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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