# Abbas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abbas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “one who frowns a lot”, “untamed lion”, “to frown” |
| Pronunciation | /əˈbɑːs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,843 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,843 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,409, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.

## What it means

Abbas is grouped under lion.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 2,317 |
| 2012 | 51 | 2,448 |
| 2013 | 71 | 1,942 |
| 2014 | 67 | 2,082 |
| 2015 | 74 | 1,955 |
| 2016 | 75 | 1,936 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,091 |
| 2018 | 95 | 1,671 |
| 2019 | 87 | 1,777 |
| 2020 | 70 | 2,024 |
| 2021 | 54 | 2,464 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,168 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,129 |
| 2024 | 85 | 1,878 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,284 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | 701 |
| 2012 | 38 | 821 |
| 2013 | 50 | 666 |
| 2014 | 59 | 597 |
| 2015 | 51 | 671 |
| 2016 | 42 | 774 |
| 2017 | 56 | 635 |
| 2018 | 47 | 721 |
| 2019 | 43 | 753 |
| 2020 | 47 | 706 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 62 | 600 |
| 2023 | 51 | 679 |
| 2024 | 53 | 685 |
| 2025 | 54 | 668 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: عَبَّاس
- Armenian: Աբբաս, Աբաս
- Chinese: 阿巴斯
- Dutch: Abbas
- Esperanto: Abaso
- French: Abbas
- German: Abbas
- Greek: Άββας
- Hebrew: עבאס
- Hindi: अब्बास
- Indonesian: Abbas
- Japanese: アッバース
- Portuguese: Abbas
- Russian: Абба́с
- Turkish: Abbas

## People named Abbas

- Abbas el-Akkad, Egyptian writer (1889-1964)
- Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf, Arab Abbasid poet (750–809)
- Abbas Sahhat, Azerbaijani poet
- Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh, Azerbaijani actor (1893–1938)
- Abbas, Franco-Iranian photographer (1944–2018)
- Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Afghan politician and Taliban government minister
- Abbas Hüseynov, Azerbaijani association football player
- Abbas Fahdel, French film directorIraqi-French film director
- Al-Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun, Abbasid prince and Military leader (died 838 CE)
- Abbas Suan, Arab-Israeli association footballer
- Abbas Ahmed Khamis, Bahraini footballer
- Abbas Zakour, Arab politician in Israel

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.