Last name origins & meanings:
- Southern French: topographic name for someone living near an
abadie, which means both ‘abbey’ and ‘family chapel’ (from Late
Latin abbatia ‘priest’s house’).
- Americanized spelling of
Hungarian Abádi, a habitational name for someone from a
place called Abád in Heves county, Abádszalók in Pest county,
or other places named after the ancient Aba clan.
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