Given name
Ahab
“an uncle”
Ahab is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “an uncle.”
Original Hebrewאחאב
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “an uncle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From Middle English Achab, from Latin Achab, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαάβ, from Hebrew אַחְאָב (ʼAḥʼāḇ, “uncle”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ahab appears in Jeremiah 29:21, 1 Kings 16:29-31, 1 Kings 16:31 and 2 other passages.
- Jeremiah 29:21
- 1 Kings 16:29-31
- 1 Kings 16:31
- 1 Kings 16:29-22
- 1 Kings 22:35
From biblical name research
Ahab’s family of names
Ahab may belong to the same name family as AHABB. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 63
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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People named Ahab
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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