Abdon

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The tenth judge of Israel.
• A male given name from Hebrew.
• village, and former civil parish in Shropshire (county) England (constituent country) .

Origin

• From Hebrew עבדון ("servant"). Compare Arabic عَبْد (as in Abdullah), which also means servant.
• The placename is from the Old English personal name Abba + tūn. The surname is habitational from the village in Shropshire, but it is also borrowed from Spanish Abdón. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.