Abba is a ♀ girl name and a ♂ boy name. That makes Abba one of the gender-neutral unisex names.
Abba is an Afro-American short form of the West African girl’s name Abena. Abba was a common name among the early slaves in the American south. But Abba also occurs in the New Testament and is of Hebrew origin.
Abba is a palindrome: a name that reads the same backwards and forward.
Abba means “born on Tuesday” in West African Akan language. Besides, Abba means “father” (from Aramaic “ʾabbā/אַבָּא” or Hebrew “‘áv/אָב”).
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