Abdias
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Portuguese: alternative form of Obadias, used by Portuguese-language Catholic Bibles
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/abðjas/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Abdias is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- PEPeru≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil1 in 46K
- USUnited States1 in 218Kas Obadiah
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Abdias itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 122 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
4,593 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Panama, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
From Hebrew ʿObadyah, 'servant of Yahweh'; biblical/Hebrew origin.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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 wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English7.2%
Obadiah (biblical prophet)
as a wordkaikki.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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Abdias counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 4,593 | 1 in 46K | 5.2K | Abdias | 69 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Abdias | 43 |
| US United States | — | 1,523as Obadiah | 1 in 218K | 1.5K | Abdias | 122 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 79K | — | Abdias | 8 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Abdias | 3 |
| GT Guatemala | #613 | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Abdias | 15 |
| BJ Benin | #864 | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Abdias | 6 |
| BO Bolivia | — | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Abdias | 19 |
| PA Panama | #509 | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 1 | Abdias | 14 |
4,593 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
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 nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
His servant
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
In French, Origine hébraïque; signifie « serviteur ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Obadiah (biblical character)
as a wordkaikki.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)
Attested in 27 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 5.2K | #3,305 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 5.2K | #1,216 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 4.6K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 4.6K | #2,911 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 4.5K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 4.5K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 4.3K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 4K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 3.5K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1970 | 2.7K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1960 | 1.8K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1K | #11,985 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
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).
- What are other forms of the name Abdias?
- In the etymology graph, Obadiah is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Abdias?
- A machine transcription gives /abðjas/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- 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.
- 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 does the name Abdias mean?
- In Portuguese, alternative form of Obadias, used by Portuguese-language Catholic Bibles
- 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.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/abdiasThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Abdias” — the 509th most common given name in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.