Abdon

From Hebrew עבדון (abdon, “servant”). Compare Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd) (as in Abdullah), which also means servant.

Abdon (countable and uncountable, plural Abdons)

1. The tenth judge of Israel. (biblical character)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 12:13-14:

     And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.

The placename is from the Old English personal name Abba + tūn (“settlement”). The surname is habitational from the village in Shropshire, but it is also borrowed from Spanish Abdón. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

Abdon (countable and uncountable, plural Abdons)

1. A village in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO576863).
2. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abdon is the 35489^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. Abdon is most common among White (50.79%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23.03%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.35%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abdon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

• Badon, Danbo, bando

• IPA^(key): [ˈabdon]

Abdon m anim

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abdon

Borrowed from Hebrew עבדון.

• IPA^(key): /ˈab.dɔn/

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• Rhymes: -abdɔn
• Syllabification: Ab‧don

Abdon m pers

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Abdon

• Abdon in Polish dictionaries at PWN