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Abdon
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English
Etymology 1
From en he עבדון Hebr abdon servant. Compare ar عَبْد (as in Abdullah), which also means servant.
Proper noun
~ s
The tenth judge of Israel. biblical character
Judges 12 13-14 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
en rare en male Hebrew.
Translations
biblical judge of Israel
Catalan: ca Abdó m, ca Abdon m
Dutch: nl Abdon
Galician: gl Abdón
Hebrew: he אבדון Abdon
Hindi: hi अब्दोन m
Italian: it
Latin: la Abdon
Polish: pl Abdon m
Portuguese: pt Abdom m
Russian: ru Авдо́н m
Spanish: es Abdón m
Vilamovian: wym Abda
Etymology 2
The placename is from the en ang - personal name ang Abba + ang tūn settlement. The surname is habitational from the village in Shropshire, but it is also borrowed from en es Abdón. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Proper noun
+, Shropshire
~ s
en village cpar/Abdon and Heath co/Shropshire cc/England OS grid ref SO576863.
en.
Translations
village in Abdon and Heath, Shropshire, England
Urdu: ur ابڈن
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Abdon is the 35489th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. Abdon is most common among White (50.79%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23.03%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.35%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en abdno Badon Danbo bando
en surnames from Old English surnames from Spanish
en Biblical characters
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Abdon Hebrew
Declension
m.an
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :bor he:עבדון + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Abdon.wav
Proper noun
m-pr
pl male Abdon Hebrew
Declension
Abdonowie
Further reading