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Globally, Abbate (Abbate , אבא , אבט ) is a rare epicene first name. The first name Abbate is characteristic of Paraguay, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Italy, where it is a rare unisex name. Much more prevalently, Abbate is the last name as well as the forename.
Abbate is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Abbate Cospicuo , the operatic character in the opera Arlecchino by Ferruccio Busoni and Abba Kolon .