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Definition: Derived from the Syriac term ABBA or Aramaic ABA , meaning father, ABBOTT is an occupational name for the chief ruler of an abbey or for someone employed in the household of an abbot (since celebacy of clergy makes it unlikely that there were descendants to carry on the family name).
Surname Origin:
English
Alternate Surname Spellings:
ABBOT, ABBE, ABBIE
More Resources for the Surname ABBOTT :
English Genealogy ABBOTT Family Genealogy Forum ABBOTT / ABBOT Family Trees on the Web FamilySearch - ABBOTT Genealogy ABBOTT Surname Mailing List Surname Finder - ABBOTT Genealogy & Family Resources Cousin Connect - ABBOTT Genealogy Queries DistantCousin.com - ABBOTT Genealogy & Family History MyCinnamonToast.com - ABBOTT Genealogy in All Regions References: Surname Meanings & Origins Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin
Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
