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Surname Etymology and Meaning of ABBOT

Name meanings and etymologies are often disputed. The information here is compiled from freely available sources, and no claims whatsoever are made for accuracy, either historical or etymological.

So named from his office in the church; the chief ruler of an abbey--derived from the Syriac Abba, signifying father.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

English: variant spelling of Abbott.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)