Abbe is both a surname and a given name.[1] As a surname, Abbé is of French origin (from abed (Arabic: عابد), "priest"), either as critical nickname for a sanctimonious person or as an occupational surname for someone working in the household of a priest.[2] Among the variants of Abbe are Labbé, Labbey (see below) and Labbez.[2] Independently, Abbe is considered one variant of Abbey.[2]

Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

Surname variant Labbey:

Given name:

  • Abbe Borg (born 1943), Swedish esports player
  • Abbe Carter Goodloe (1867–1960), American writer
  • Abbe Lane (born 1932), American singer and actress
  • Abbe Lowell (born 1952), American defense attorney
  • Abbe May (born 1983), Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and human rights campaigner
  • Abbe Mowshowitz (born 1939), American academic and professor
  • Abbe Raven (flourished 2010s), American businesswoman
  • Abbe Smith (born 1956), American criminal defense attorney and professor of law
  • Abbe Schulties (born 2002), American actress

Nickname:

Pseudonym:

  • Jean-Hippolyte Michon (1806–1881), French priest, archaeologist, and the founder of graphology, used the name "L’Abbé ***" to publish Le Jésuite in 1865

Title:

  • Abbé Adam (flourished 14th century), French priest
  • Abbé Aubert (1731–1814), French writer
  • Abbé Faria (Portuguese: Abade Faria), or Abbé (Abbot) José Custódio de Faria (31 May 1756 – 20 September 1819), Luso-Goan Catholic monk who pioneered of the scientific study of hypnosis
  • Abbé François Blanchet (1707–1784), French littérateur
  • Abbé Larudan (flourished 18th century), anonymous French writer
  • Abbé Pierre (1912–2007), French Roman Catholic priest
  • Abbé Prévost (1697–1763), French novelist

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References

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  1. ^ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-19-211592-8 – via Internet Archive.