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Abu

in Missouri

There are 21 people with the last name "Abu" in Missouri.

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Abu 24,580
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Similar Names and Nicknames

Abe, Abo, Abi, Aby, Aba, Abb, Apu, Avu, Ab, Afu

Most Common First Names for Abu

Ali, Khader, Ronei, Saada, Abdi, Debra, Hussain, Joy

Meaning & History

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Abu

Muslim and Jewish (Sephardic): from Arabic abū ‘father’, in Muslim names used to form the ‘kunya’ (name meaning ‘father of’) in combination with the name of a man's child, usually his firstborn son. Thus, a man might be addressed as AbūḤasan ‘father of Hasan’ rather than by his personal name, say ῾Alī. In traditional Muslim society, a man is generally known and addressed by his kunya, rather than by his ism (his personal name), the use of which can seem unduly familiar. Abū-Bakr, literally ‘father of the Young Camel’ is the name by which Muhammad's son-in-law, the first of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 632–634) is known. Abū-Ṭālib ‘father of the Seeker’ was an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad. Abū-Fādl, ‘father of the Virtuous one’ was the kunya of ῾Abbās, another uncle of the Prophet Muhammad. A kunya may also be used to form a nickname, as in the case of Ab῾-Turāb ῾Alī ‘Alī, father of dust’, a kunya of the Khalif Ali, the fourth of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs, conferred on him by the Prophet Muhammad.

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