Worldwide, Abou (ابو 
, أبو , Abou 
, along with others...) is a prevalent male first name. The forename Abou is characteristic of Syria, where it is a prevalent boy's name, Egypt, and Iraq (explore the name in all countries). Much less frequently, Abou is the last name as well as the forename.
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| أبو, ابو | Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan |
| Abou | Algeria, Lebanon, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Morocco |
| Абу | Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Turkey |
| Абоу | Russia, Ukraine |
Abajo, Abo, Aboh, Aboù, Aboú, Aboû, Abu, Abòu, Abòû, Abóù, Abôu, Abôù, Abõu, Abõú, Abõû, Abō, Abőu, Aho, Ambo, Anbo, Apo, Ayasu, Ebu, Okayasu, Àbou, Àboù, Àbòù, Àbòú, Àbôù, Àbôú, Àbôû, Àbõú, Ábou, Ábòù, Âbou, Âbôu, Âbôû, Âbõù, Ãbou, Ãboû, Ãbôu, Ãbôû, Ãbõu, Ãbõù, Ãbõú, Ãbõû, Ãbõū, Ãbõű, Ăbou, Ăbőű,
Abou is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Abou , the fictional character appearing in the movie « La pirogue », The Pirogue; Abu , the character from Disney's Aladdin; Abu Bakaar , the fictional character from 2008 film 'Iron Man'; Abu Nazir , the Fictional Character, Homeland and Abu Hassan , the operatic character in the opera Abu Hassan.
| abou zamaa el-balaoui Muslim saint in Tunisia (b. 650) |
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| abou bakr al-chibli (b. 861) |
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| abou yanour doukkali A Moroccan Amazigh mystic and clergyman, MA (b. 1198) |
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| abou hammou moussa ii Zayyanid sultan 1359-1389 (intermittent), DZ (b. 1320) |
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| abou el kacem zayani Moroccan writer, MA (b. 1734) |
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abou khalil al-qabbani Syrian writer, SY (b. 1833) |
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abou osman kaitouni Tunisian teacher and journalist, TN (b. 1905) |
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abou el kacem saâdallah Algerian historian, DZ (b. 1927) |
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| abou chouaïb doukkali MA (b. 1878) |
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abou layla commander of the Free Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces, SY (b. 1948) |
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abou oussama al-tounsi Tunisian jihadist, TN (b. 1950) |
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| abou hassan aref halawi (b. 1900) |
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abou lagraa French choreographer, FR (b. 1970) |
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| abou rejaile bechara Olympic wrestler, LB (b. 1922) |
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abou nidal singer, CI (b. 1974) |
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Sy, Baker, Bilal, Rayan, Layla, Toure, Hamza, Walid, Yahya, Camara, Khalil, Khaled, Diallo, Traore, Ndiaye, Hassan, Fofana, Mahmoud, Mohamed, Charbel, Ibrahim, Youssef, Bakar, Ouattara, Cisse, Ahmad, Ba, Sow, Ali, Aya, Dia, Jad, Saad, Anas, Amir, Adam, Bakr, Kane, Kone, Diop, Joud, Hadi, Omar, Malak, Amine, Ayoub, Ayman, Ahmed, and Coulibaly