Abe

A Quranic Name for Boys

Meaning: High Status, Exalted, Sublime and Superb

Abe is variant of Abi and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Abe or Abi, both are correct and acceptable. If you like this variant more and you'd like to pronounce it the way it is spelled (different than the original name), this is perfectly acceptable. For more details please see the main entry at: Abi.

Full Meaning of Abe

Abe is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means “one with much refrain”, i.e. someone with much self-respect who refrains from doing base and purposeless actions. There is a similar word in Arabic that means “my father” and in English it can be spelled as Abe as well, the two are distinguished by emphasis: Abe, the name, has its emphasis on the second syllable (as in Abeyy), while Abe (“my father”) has the emphasis on the first syllable.

Abe is derived from the A-B-A root (“to refrain”) which is used in many places in the Quran.

Verily, We did offer the trust [of reason and volition] to the heavens, and the earth, and the mountains: but they refrained from bearing it because they were afraid of it. Yet man took it up – for, verily, he has always been prone to be most wicked, most foolish. (Quran 33:72)