Etymology

Abdon

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Today it means: The tenth judge of Israel. (biblical character) Full definition →

Hebrew עבדון
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Abdon · proper noun1

  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromעבדון“servant”
  2. English todayAbdon

From Hebrew עבדון (abdon, “servant”). Compare Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd) (as in Abdullah), which also means servant.

Abdon · proper noun2

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromAbdón
  2. English todayAbdon

The placename is from the Old English personal name Abba + tūn (“settlement”). The surname is habitational from the village in Shropshire, but it is also borrowed from Spanish Abdón. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.