American Family Name Origins:
Abajian
Frequency: (136)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Armenian: patronymic from Turkish abacί ‘maker or seller of coarse woolen cloth or garments’, from aba ‘coarse woolen cloth’.
GIVEN NAMES: Armenian 22%; French 4%. Hagop (2), Krikor (2), Akop, Arakel, Armen, Dikran, Haig, Herach, Kevork, Viken, Zaven; Antoine, Dominique.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
