Abednego Forename

27,180th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 31,051 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Ghana

Abednego Forename Definition:

 Found as a baptismal name. The Scrip­ture name, in Hebrew אבד ננו Abhéd N’gho, which Simonis translates ‘servant of alacrity (servus alacritatis; servus alacer et expeditus);’ Tregelles, ‘worshipper of Mercury;’ and Jones, ‘servant of splendour,’ i.

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Abednego Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya
100%
7,3141:6,331919
South Africa
100%
5,5021:9,9111,696
Ghana
100%
5,3941:5,003632
Nigeria
100%
5,2181:34,0292,865
Tanzania
100%
2,6721:19,7562,023
Indonesia
100%
1,0701:241,08822,265
Liberia
100%
8751:5,042596
DR Congo
99%
 
5481:134,7226,629
Zimbabwe
99%
 
3921:39,3463,644
Cameroon
100%
2501:86,4424,758
Swaziland-2311:5,628945
Malawi
100%
2121:80,7184,695
Namibia-2111:11,3941,321
Brazil
100%
1761:1,217,25130,016
Mexico
100%
1561:795,7987,189
Philippines
98%
 
1551:683,93220,812
Zambia-1081:146,8045,869
Uganda
100%
951:431,12510,672
United States
100%
791:4,589,07658,963
India
100%
511:23,821,137529,308
Peru
100%
451:706,47710,982
Sudan-361:1,050,1942,907
Angola
100%
361:749,0722,190
Botswana
100%
261:84,0177,219
Chile
100%
261:677,2007,237
Benin
100%
241:440,66015,374
England
100%
211:2,647,75830,513
Papua New Guinea
100%
121:679,36049,627
Malaysia
100%
121:2,537,49569,200
Canada-101:3,313,33741,238
Venezuela
100%
71:4,314,55660,709
Nicaragua
100%
71:859,76211,907
Panama-61:651,09316,250
Lesotho
100%
61:340,00019,758
Haiti-61:1,787,82619,076
Colombia-51:9,555,78540,229
El Salvador-41:1,585,4468,153
Bolivia-41:2,650,3514,903
Singapore
100%
41:1,571,76418,508
Iceland-31:122,0064,203
Trinidad and Tobago-21:680,71023,658
Solomon Islands-21:290,4786,813
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
Nauru
100%
21:5,964459
Thailand
100%
21:35,032,906298,615
Czechia-21:5,328,0818,108
Ivory Coast
100%
21:11,537,96695,271
Guatemala
100%
21:8,054,21410,362
Germany-21:48,338,93872,742
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Belize-11:354,3097,663
South Sudan
100%
11:11,551,0193,224
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Chad
100%
11:13,598,39815,363
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Russia
100%
11:144,233,704184,271
Qatar
100%
11:2,369,60559,530
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Mozambique-11:27,243,3575,091
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Mali-11:16,977,7558,714
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208

The alternate forms: Abednégo (3), Abedñego (3) & Abednègo (1) are calculated separately.

Abednego (3,680) may also be a surname.

Abednego Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

 Found as a baptismal name. The Scrip­ture name, in Hebrew אבד ננו Abhéd N’gho, which Simonis translates ‘servant of alacrity (servus alacritatis; servus alacer et expeditus);’ Tregelles, ‘worshipper of Mercury;’ and Jones, ‘servant of splendour,’ i. e. of the sun, from ébhedh servant, and n’ghoah.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A-bed'-ne-go, servant of light. The Chaldee name given by the king of Babylon s officer to Azariah, one of Daniel's companions. Dan. i. 7.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: servant of brightness.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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