Absolon Forename

293,584th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 781 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Absolon Forename Definition:

A male name. Hebrew 'father of peace’. The name of the unhappy s. of David and Michal was a favourite in the 12th and 13th C, usually in the French form Absolon, and was given by Chaucer to the lively young clerk in his Miller’s Tale. It has not been much used since about the end of the 14th C.

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Absolon Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil
100%
3331:643,35219,415
Nigeria
100%
1251:1,420,51531,884
Philippines
100%
1221:868,93024,704
South Africa
95%
 
751:727,10230,790
Peru
100%
481:662,32210,531
India
100%
231:52,820,781884,653
Nicaragua
100%
101:601,8349,645
Indonesia-91:28,662,630639,955
United States
100%
81:45,317,122288,724
Papua New Guinea
100%
61:1,358,71989,225
Colombia-61:7,963,15436,949
Mexico
100%
41:31,036,10761,748
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Venezuela
100%
21:15,100,946147,145
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836

Absolon (1,760) may also be a surname.

Absolon Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Hebrew 'father of peace’. The name of the unhappy s. of David and Michal was a favourite in the 12th and 13th C, usually in the French form Absolon, and was given by Chaucer to the lively young clerk in his Miller’s Tale. It has not been much used since about the end of the 14th C.

Absalom Curia Regis Rolls 1189-1207. Absolon Curia Regis Rolls 1197, 1200, 1210, 1213-15.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

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