Áb
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Áb is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Malaysia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Abbreviation of abdominal muscles.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 6.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 3.6K
- SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 12K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Malaysia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 116 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,200 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Malaysia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ab in DZ Algeria, SA Saudi Arabia, MY Malaysia and 1 more, Ãb in EG Egypt, MA Morocco, A'B in US United States and Âb in LY Libya.
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)
Abbreviation of abdominal muscles.
Sources 4
- A Frequency Dictionary of German
- Wiktionary
- Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1)
- Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Áb 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | — | Ab | 83 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈7,300 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Ab | 72 |
| DZ Algeria | #399 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 6.7K | — | Ab | 13 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Ãb | 36 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Ab | 33 |
| MA Morocco | — | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Ãb | 23 |
| US United States | — | 1,231 | 1 in 270K | 901 | A'B | 71 |
| LY Libya | — | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Âb | 16 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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)
Áb is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In hus, rain
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Áb mean, and where does it come from?
- Abbreviation of abdominal muscles. Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
- Is Áb a male or female name?
- Áb 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.
- In which country does Áb have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.2 thousand people named Áb in Malaysia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ab.
- How common is the name Áb?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,231 people named Áb in 2020, about 1 in 270 thousand residents.
- How common is Áb compared with other names?
- In Algeria, Áb is the 399th most common given name of 27,215 given names recorded there.
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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, “Áb” — the 399th most common given name in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.