Abo (name)

Abo is an Arabic and Hebrew male name and a variant form of Abbas. It is from Abbas that Abo takes its meaning of stern or somber father. In Arabic, Abbas is a symbolic name referring to the lion, the king of beasts.

The variant used in the Russian language as a Christian name is "А́бо" (Abo). It is possible that the Russian name was derived from the Biblical Hebrew word meaning father, but it is also possible that it was derived from av, the name of a Hebrew month.

In the United States, according to the 2000 U.S. Census Abo is an uncommon first name but a fairly common last name for both men and women; ranking 53,205 out of 88,799.

People with the given name Abo

 * Abo Eisa (born 1996), Sudanese footballer
 * Abo El Seoud El Ebiary (1910–1969), Egyptian screenwriter
 * Abo of Tiflis (ca. 756–786), 8th-Century Christian martyr
 * Abo Taleb El Essawi (born 1963), Egyptian football manager
 * Prince Abo (792–842), Japanese imperial prince

People with the surname Abo or d'Abo

 * Jennifer d'Abo (1945–2003), British entrepreneur
 * Kiyokazu Abo (1870–1948), Imperial Japanese Navy Admiral during World War I
 * Léonie Abo (born 1945), Congolese writer
 * Maryam d'Abo (born 1960), English television and film actress
 * Mike d'Abo (born 1944), English singer-songwriter, cousin of Maryam
 * Olivia d'Abo (born 1969), actress; daughter of Mike, above
 * Sarah Abo, Syrian–Australian journalist
 * Takeshi Abo (born 1973), Japanese video game composer
 * Lady Ursula d'Abo (1916–2017), English socialite