Frequency: (453)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Southern French: topographic name for someone living near an abadie, which means both ‘abbey’ and ‘family chapel’ (from Late Latin abbatia ‘priest's house’).
2. Americanized spelling of Hungarian Abádi, a habitational name for someone from a place called Abád in Heves county, Abádszalók in Pest county, or other places named after the ancient Aba clan.
GIVEN NAMES: French 12%. Emile (3), Jacques (3), Andre (2), Pierre (2), Alain, Amedee, Clothilde, Julien, Leonie, Mathieu, Pascal, Thierry.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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