Forename Abu

Around the world, Abu (ابو , Abu , أبو , and others...) is a prevalent masculine first name. The forename Abu is characteristic of Syria, where it is a prevalent male name, Egypt, and Iraq (explore the name in all countries). In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Much less frequently, Abu is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Abu is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Abu

name Àbû, name Ăbu, name Ābű, name Ābů, name Abų, name أبو, name Abū, name Âbű, name Ābū, name Ąbű, name Ābu, name Àbů, name আবু, name Ăbů, name Абу, name Àbŭ, name Ãbù, name 阿布, name Ãbų, name Àbù, name Âbû, name Ăbű, name Ábû, name Abű, name Àbú, name Abû, name Abou, name Àbū, name Àbű, name Ãbú, name Ãbů, name Abi, name Ăbų, name Âbù, name Ebû, name Abú, name Âbu, name Ebu, name Ábu, name Àbų, name Ãbū, name Ãbű, name อาบู, name Ãbu, name Ábù, name Abu-Abu, name Ąbu, name Âbū, name Àbu, name Ãbû, name Ábű, name ابو, name Abu, name Abù, name Ábú, name Âbú, name Äbw

VARIANT	COUNTRY
أبو, ابو	Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
Abu	Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria
আবু	Bangladesh
Абу	Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey
阿布	China
อาบู	Thailand

First names said to be same

Abi, Abou, Abu-Abu, Abù, Abú, Abû, Abū, Abű, Abų, Ebu, Ebû, Àbu, Àbù, Àbú, Àbû, Àbū, Àbŭ, Àbů, Àbű, Àbų, Ábu, Ábù, Ábú, Ábû, Ábű, Âbu, Âbù, Âbú, Âbû, Âbū, Âbű, Ãbu, Ãbù, Ãbú, Ãbû, Ãbū, Ãbů, Ãbű, Ãbų, Äbw, Ābu, Ābū, Ābů, Ābű, Ăbu, Ăbů, Ăbű, Ăbų, Ąbu, Ąbű,

First name Abu in the context

Abu is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Abu , the character from Disney's Aladdin; Abu Bakaar , the fictional character from 2008 film 'Iron Man'; Abu Nazir , the Fictional Character, Homeland; Abu Hassan , the operatic character in the opera Abu Hassan and Abu Abed , the fictional character that forms the centerpiece of many jokes in Lebanon,, among other works.

Notable namesakes

	abu yedda (b. 10)
	abu talha al-ansari renowned Companion of the Prophet Muḥammad and one of the Anṣār of Medina (b. 585)
	abu salama 'abd allah ibn 'abd al-asad Arab soldier in the service of Muhammad (died 625) (b. 600)
	abu umayya ibn al-mughira Meccan elder (b. 605)
	abu thufail amru bin watsilah al-kinani (b. 625)
	abu bakar ibn hassan bin ali soldier in the Battle of Karbala (d. 680) (b. 647)
	abu al-muhajir dinar Umayyad governor (b. 650)
	abu khayrah al-a'rabi Arab linguist (b. 690)
	abu al-shamaqmaq Arab poet, UZ (b. 730)
	abu hafs Muwallad corsair, ES (b. 750)
	abu iqal al-aghlab ibn ibrahim fourth Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya (b. 757)
	abu raita al-takriti Theologian and apologist, IQ (b. 775)
	abu hafsi kabir (b. 767)
	abu nasr al-bahili Arab linguist (b. 777)
	abu uthman al-mazini Arab grammarian and philosopher (b. 791)