Abbas

\a.bas\♂French boy's name

A French boy's name of Arabic origin.

At a glance

GenderMasculine
OriginArabic
Pronunciation\a.bas\

Origin and meaning

From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.

Where it is mostly given

  • Azerbaijan
  • Turkey
  • Arabia/Persia

Around the world

  • Arabicعباس

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recording: Mecanautes (France), Lingua Libre / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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