Abdon

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Abdon (countable and uncountable, plural Abdons)

1. The tenth judge of Israel. (biblical character)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 12:13-14:

     And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.

Translations

biblical judge of Israel

• Dutch: Abdon
• Galician: Abdón (gl)
• Hebrew: אבדון (he) (Abdon)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: Abdon
• Polish: Abdon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Abdom m
• Russian: Авдо́н (ru) m (Avdón)
• Spanish: Abdón (es) m
• Vilamovian: Abda

Etymology 2

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.

Proper noun

Abdon (countable and uncountable, plural Abdons)

1. A village in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO576863).
2. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abdon is the 35489^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. Abdon is most common among White (50.79%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23.03%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.35%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abdon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Anagrams

• Badon, Danbo, bando

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈabdon]

Proper noun

Abdon m anim

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abdon

Declension

Declension of Abdon (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Abdon	Abdonové
genitive	Abdona	Abdonů
dative	Abdonovi, Abdonu	Abdonům
accusative	Abdona	Abdony
vocative	Abdone	Abdonové
locative	Abdonovi, Abdonu	Abdonech
instrumental	Abdonem	Abdony

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עבדון.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈab.dɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -abdɔn
• Syllabification: Ab‧don

Proper noun

Abdon m pers

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abdon

Declension

Declension of Abdon

	singular	plural
nominative	Abdon	Abdonowie
genitive	Abdona	Abdonów
dative	Abdonowi	Abdonom
accusative	Abdona	Abdonów
instrumental	Abdonem	Abdonami
locative	Abdonie	Abdonach
vocative	Abdonie	Abdonowie

Further reading

• Abdon in Polish dictionaries at PWN