Abbàs

surname · Latin script

Abbàs is a surname written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.

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Meaning & origin

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Derivation of Abbàs: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Abbàs
  1. Arabicعَبَّاسʕabbās“one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”(measured from records)
  2. Arabic rootعَبَسَʕabasa“to frown”(measured from records)

From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.

Cited for this meaning 8

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
  • Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

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Notable people with this name

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500100015002000Abbas, b. 568Abbas Ibn Firnas, b. 810Abbas the Great, b. 1571Abbas II of Persia, b. 1633Abbas I of Egypt, b. 1812Abbas II, b. 1874Abbas Kiarostami, b. 1940Abbas El Fassi, b. 1940Abbas al-Musawi, b. 1952Abbas Araghchi, b. 1962
  • Abbasb. 568SAPaternal uncle of Muhammad (c.565–c.653)
  • Abbas Ibn Firnasb. 810ES9th century astronomer and physician
  • Abbas the Greatb. 1571AFShah of Safavid Iran (1587–1629)
  • Abbas II of Persiab. 1633IRThe seventh Safavid king (1642–1666)
  • Abbas I of Egyptb. 1812SAWāli of Egypt from 1848 to 1854
  • Abbas IIb. 1874EGKhedive of Egypt (1874-1944) (r. 1892-1914)
  • Abbas Kiarostamib. 1940IRIranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer (1940-2016)
  • Abbas El Fassib. 1940MAMoroccan politician
  • Abbas al-Musawib. 1952LBLebanese Shia cleric and co-founder and Secretary General of Hezbollah (1952-1992)
  • Abbas Araghchib. 1962IRIranian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1962)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence

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1 register or reference work attests this spelling, across 0 countries.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the name Abbàs mean, and where does it come from?
From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an. Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman and 6 other sources.

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