Abner is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “my father is Ner.” In 2024 it was given to 293 boys in the United States.
Abner belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “my father is Ner” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Abner first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #289 in 1881, and in 2024 293 babies received the name — 9,178 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Abner means “my father is Ner” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Abner is a boy name. In 2024, 293 babies received the name in the US.
Abner comes from the Spanish and English & American tradition.
Abner first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #289 in 1881, and 293 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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