Details for the forename Abe

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Abe (male)


Variants:	Abie (M)
Diminutive(s):	Abele (M)
Pet Name for:	Abraham (M) Ebenezer (M)
Derivative(s):	Abeles (S) Abelevitz (S) Abells (S) Abelov (S) Abelovitz (S) Abilowicz (S) Ableson (S)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	Jewish Talmudic personal name meaning "father". Abe is generally used as a pet name for Abraham, Hebrew "father of many" although it can be a given name in its own right, when it has a diminutive form Abele. It may also, according to Whyte, be found as a pet name for Ebenezer, Hebrew "stone of help". Several East Ashkenazic Jewish patronymic surnames have been derived from Abe via the diminutive form Abele; see Abelson.