Abbot (family name)
Abbot is a family name .
Origin and meaning
Abbot is a diminutive of the nickname Abb (from Abraham ) and means son of Abraham.
Name bearer
- Abiel Abbot (1770-1828), American clergyman
- Bec Abbot , Canadian singer
- Benjamin Abbot (1762–1849), American educator
- Caroline Abbot (1839–?), German writer
- Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (1757–1829), British statesman
- Charles Abbot (botanist) (1761-1817), British botanist
- Charles Abbot, 2nd Baron Colchester (1798–1867), British Admiral in the Royal Navy, Conservative Party politician and peer
- Charles Greeley Abbot (1872–1973), American astrophysicist and astronomer
- Charles S. Abbot (* 1945), American admiral
- Ezra Abbot (1819-1884), American theologian
- George Abbot (1562–1633), English prelate
- George Abbot (writer) (1604–1649), English writer
- Henry Abbot (martyr) († 1597), English layman and martyr
- Henry Abbot (painter) (1768–1840), English painter and draftsman
- Henry Larcom Abbot (1831-1927), American officer and pioneer
- Ioannis Abbot , Greek soccer player
- James Lloyd Abbot Jr. (1918–2012), American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
- Jennifer Abbot (* 1998), South African cyclist
- Joel Abbot (politician) (1776–1826), American politician
- Joel Abbot (naval officer) (1793–1855), American naval officer
- John Abbot (1751-1840), American entomologist
- Joseph Hale Abbot (1802–1873), American scholar
- Jude Abbot , British musician and member of the Chumbawamba band
- Keith Edward Abbot († 1873), British diplomat
- Maurice Abbot († 1640), British trader
- Nick Abbot , British radio host
- Richard Atkinson Abbot (1883–1954), New Zealand architect
- Robert Abbot (1560-1618), English clergyman
- Robert Abbot (theologian) (1588–1622), Puritan theologian
- Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870–1940), American publicist
- Russ Abbot (born 1947), British musician, comedian and actor
- Vernus Abbot (* 1987), Lucian football player
- WW Abbot (William Wright Abbot III; 1922–2009), American historian
- William Abbot (1798–1843), British actor
- Willis J. Abbot (1863-1934), American journalist
See also
- Abbot (disambiguation)
Individual evidence
- ↑ A Dictionary of English and Welsh Names With Special American Instances, p. 37 limited preview in Google Book Search