Abbas is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “Lion.” In 2024 it was given to 85 boys in the United States.
Abbas belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and Turkish tradition. Its meaning — “Lion” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Abbas first appears in Social Security records in 1975. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1670 in 2018, and in 2024 85 babies received the name — 1,782 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Abbas means “Lion” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Abbas is a boy name. In 2024, 85 babies received the name in the US.
Abbas comes from the Muslim & Arabic, Turkish and Persian tradition.
Abbas first appears in US records in 1975. Its best-ever ranking was #1670 in 2018, and 85 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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