Ab (given name)

Ab is a Dutch and English (primarily Canadian) masculine given name. It usually is short form (hypocorism) of Albert and occasionally of Abraham or Abbott. The following people have a full name "Albert(us)", except where noted:


 * Ab Baars (born 1955), Dutch jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
 * Ab van Bemmel (1912–1986), Dutch boxer
 * Ab Box (1909–2000), Canadian football player
 * Ab Campbell (1910–1973), Canadian (Toronto) politician
 * Ab Conway (1914–2001), Canadian middle-distance runner
 * Ab DeMarco (1916–1989), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Ab DeMarco, Jr. (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Ab Doderer (1926–?), Dutch chauffeur and kidnapping victim
 * Ab Douglas (born 1950), Dutch sports sailor
 * Ab van Egmond (born 1938), Dutch road cyclist
 * Ab Ekels (born 1950), Dutch sports sailor
 * Ab Fafié (1941–2012), Dutch footballer
 * Ab Geldermans (born 1935), Dutch road cyclist
 * Ab Gowanlock (1900–1988), Canadian curler
 * (1949–2008), Dutch footballer
 * Ab Hardy (1910–?), Canadian speed skater
 * Ab Harrewijn (1954–2002), Dutch GreenLeft politician
 * Ab Heijn (1927–2011), Dutch entrepreneur, chairman of Ahold
 * Ab Hoffman (born 1947), Canadian track and field athlete Abby Hoffman
 * Ab Jenkins (1883–1946), American race car driver and mayor of Salt Lake City (Abbott)
 * Ab Justice, American golfer
 * Ab Klink (born 1958), Dutch CDA politician (Abraham)
 * Ab McDonald (1936–2018), Canadian ice hockey player (Alvin Brian)
 * Ab Newsome (1920–1979), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Ab Nicholas (1931–2016), American chief executive
 * Ab Osterhaus (born 1948), Dutch virologist
 * Ab Rector (1934–2005), Canadian (New Brunswick) politician
 * Ab Renaud (1920–2012), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Ab Rogers (1909–?), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Ab Rosbag (born 1940), Dutch wrestler
 * Ab Salm (1801–1876), Dutch painter
 * Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman
 * Ab Sluis (born 1937), Dutch cyclist
 * Ab Tamboer (1950–2016), Dutch drummer
 * Ab Tresling (1909–1980), Dutch field hockey player
 * Ab Walker (1910–2001), Canadian (Ontario) politician
 * Ab Welsh (1913–1971), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Ab Wolders (born 1951), Dutch strongman and powerlifter
 * Ab Wright (1905–1995), American baseball and football player