Abdias

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

How Abdias is read●(measured from records)

Abdias is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish51%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Abdias in Spanish.

• Portuguese34%

  alternative form of Obadias, used by Portuguese-language Catholic Bibles

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English7.2%

  Obadiah (biblical prophet)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Abdias is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Philippines, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Abdías, Abdïäs

• French surname7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Peru, Cameroon

  Also written Obadia, Obadiah, Abdías

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Abdías

• Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru

  Also written Abdías

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Abdias is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, From Hebrew ʿObadyah, 'servant of Yahweh'; biblical/Hebrew origin.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• His servant

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In French, Origine hébraïque; signifie « serviteur ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Obadiah (biblical character)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Obadiahb. 587not in their usual namebiblical prophet associated with the Book of Obadiah
• Obadiah ben Abrahamb. 1445ITnot in their usual nameItalian rabbi (c.1450–1509)
• Obadiah ben Jacob Sfornob. 1470ITnot in their usual nameItalian philosopher and rabbi
• Obadiah Germanb. 1766USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (1766-1842)
• Obadiah Bushb. 1797USnot in their usual nameAmerican businessman (1797-1851)
• John Obadiah Westwoodb. 1805GBnot in their usual nameEnglish entomologist and archaeologist (1805-1893)
• Obadiah Gardnerb. 1852USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician (1852–1938)
• Benjamin Zephaniahb. 1958GBnot in their usual nameBritish poet (1958–2023)
• Obie Trotterb. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player
• Obi Toppinb. 1998USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 1998)

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).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Abdias come from?

From Hebrew ʿObadyah, 'servant of Yahweh'; biblical/Hebrew origin. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).

How do you pronounce Abdias?

A machine transcription gives /abðjas/ (IPA) for Spanish.

What does the name Abdias mean?

In Portuguese, alternative form of Obadias, used by Portuguese-language Catholic Bibles

Is Abdias a male or female name?

Abdias is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What are other forms of the name Abdias?

In the etymology graph, Obadiah is a form of the same name in other languages.

In which country does Abdias have the most bearers?

In Brazil, the national register counted about 4.6 thousand people named Abdias, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled abdias.

How common is the name Abdias?

In Brazil, the national register counted 4,593 people named Abdias in 2022, about 1 in 46 thousand residents.

How common is Abdias compared with other names?

In Panama, Abdias is the 509th most common given name of 24,657 given names recorded there.