Abe

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ORIGIN AND HISTORY

The name Abe is of Hebrew origin, the short form of names such as Abner, Abraham, and Abram.^[1]

POPULARITY

According to the Social Security Administration, the name Abe as a stand alone name was a popular choice around the turn of the century, ranking in the top 500 names until 1924. Its use has gradually declined over the past seventy-five years, however; it hasn't been listed among the top 1000 names for boys since 1961. ^[1]

• 1961: Rank = 964
• 1960: Rank = 994
• 1959: Rank = 943
• 1958: Rank = 968
• 1957: Rank = 923
• 1956: Rank = ---
• 1955: Rank = 957
• 1954: Rank = 988
• 1953: Rank = 958
• 1952: Rank = ---
• 1951: Rank = ---
• 1950: Rank = ---
• 1949: Rank = 881

• 1940: Rank = 856
• 1930: Rank = 680
• 1920: Rank = 415
• 1910: Rank = 282
• 1900: Rank = 274

FACTS

• Abraham "Abe" "Grampa" J. Simpson is a fictional character in The Simpsons, an animated cartoon television series. The patriarch of the Simpson family is voiced by Dan Castellaneta.
• The Abe River flows through the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan.
• Old Abe was a bald eagle, the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Regiment during the American Civil War. Although he died in 1881, he has not been forgotten; he was the trademark of the J. I. Case agricultural equipment manufacturing company from 1865 until 1969, he is featured on the insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, and he is the mascot of Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. ^[1]

NAMESAKES

• Abe Huston - character in Have Gun Will Travel
• Abe Sinclair - character in Have Gun Will Travel
• Abe Carver - character in the television soap opera Days of our Lives
• Abe the Tailor - character in Norbit
• Abe - character in the film Radio Days

FAMOUS PERSONS

• Abraham "Abe" Fortas (1910 - 1982) - U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1965-1969
• Abe Burrows (1910-1985) - American playwright
• Abraham "Abe"Attell (1884-1970) - American featherweight boxer
• Abraham "Abe" Alvarez (b. 1982) - baseball player
• Abraham "Abe" Kruger (1885-1962) - baseball player
• Abe "Kid Twist" Reles (1906-1941) - New York mobster and hitman
• Abraham "Abe" Rosenthal (1921-1986) - English football player
• Abe Thompson (b. 1982) - American soccer player
• Abraham Abe Vigoda (b. 1921) - American actor

With Abe as a last name:

• Nobuyuki Abe (1875-1953) - general in the Imperial Japanese army, Governor-General of Korea, former Prime Minister of Japan
• Shinzo Abe (b. 1954) - 90th Prime Minister of Japan
• Hiroshi Abe (b. 1964) - Japanese model and actor
• Keigo Abe (b. 1938) - senior Japanese Shotokan karate instructor
• Norifumi "Norick" Abe (1975-2007) - Japanese motorcycle road racer and former MotoGP driver
• Satoru Abe (b. 1926) - American sculptor

NOTES

OTHER ABE'S

Abe Smith, Abe Johnson, Abe Williams, Abe Jones, Abe Brown, Abe Davis, Abe Miller, Abe Wilson, Abe Moore, Abe Taylor, Abe Aabby, Abe Aadasd, Abe Aandrews, Abe Aaraj, Abe Aaronson, Abe Ab, Abe Aba, Abe Abadilla, Abe Abady, Abe Abarbanel, Abe Abas, Abe Abbassi, Abe Abbaszadeh, Abe Abbott, Abe Abby, Abe Abdelaziz, Abe Abdulla, Abe Abeabe, Abe Abed, Abe Abelson, Abe Aberhamsun, Abe Aberjibbajabba, Abe Aberussell, Abe Abeson, Abe Abeton, Abe Abeyta, Abe Abi, Abe Abla, Abe Able, Abe Abner, Abe Aboty, Abe Abr, Abe Abraham, Abe Abrahamian, Abe Abram, Abe Abramovich, Abe Abramowitz, Abe Abrams, Abe Abrefa, Abe Abrohams, More results

Author: Samantha Bell