Abs (family name)
Abs is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Abs is a patronymic formation (strong genitive ) to Abbe or Abt .
Name bearer
Abs is the family name of the following people:
- Carl Abs (1851–1895), German wrestler
- Hermann Josef Abs (1901–1994), German bank manager
- Hermann Josef Abs (educational scientist) (* 1968), German educational scientist
- Johann Christian Josef Abs (1781–1823), German educator
- Josef Abs (Indologist) (1889 – after 1935), German Indologist
- Josef Abs (manager) (1862–1943), German manager, lawyer and director
- Otto Abs (1891–1966), German physician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden Familiennames , Dudenverlag, Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-411-70852-2 , p. 78.