Abbo
m.
Proto-Germanic *abô 'husband, man' or a pet form of any of various names beginning with Old High German alb 'elf', such as Alberich.
The name of a 10th C French saint.
- France
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- Latin
- ● 780 Abbo (nom) CartNoaille I;
933x1000 Abo (nom) St-Barnard-Romans no. 148;
1030 Abo (nom) StVdM-II 712
- ◑ 1073 Abilonius (nom) StVdM-II 708;
1174 Abelini (gen) clairvaux-12thc 161,
Abelinus (nom) ibid. 161
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Abba (nom) TradCorb §58,
Abban (abl) ibid. §24;
963x1023 Abbo (nom) ibid. §228
- The Netherlands
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- Latin
- ● 834 Abbo (nom) OrkGZ no. 30;
850 Abbonis (gen) ibid. no. 41;
855 Abbo (nom) ibid. no. 45
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1010 Abone (abl) CDCB-XV MMCLXIX;
1012 Abo (nom) ibid. MMCLXXI
Cite as: J. Pepe, S.L. Uckelman. "Abbo". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Abbo.