Given name & surname
Abou
“a father”
Abou is a variant of Abu. One African interpretation is “a father.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Abou is a variant of Abu. One African interpretation is “a father.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Abou is a variant of Abu. An origin associated with Abu is African.
Explained through its name family
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
Abou through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 104
- 104 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 9 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 367 as a first name in 2020; 160 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Abou
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.