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Abner (name)

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Abner is a given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It is the name of Abner (Hebrew: אַבְנֵר ʾAḇnēr, "father of lamp/light")[1] from the Bible (Book of Samuel), first cousin to King Saul and commander-in-chief of his army. In the United States, it was moderately popular as a given name, but declined in the first half of the 20th century, rarely being used for newborns after the 1930s. Other notable people with the name include:

Given name

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  • Abnér (died 760), Irish abbot
  • Abner of Burgos (c.1270 – c.1347), Jewish philosopher, convert to Christianity and polemical writer against his former religion
  • Abner Biberman (1909–1977), American actor, director and screenwriter
  • Abner Coburn (1803–1885), 30th governor of Maine
  • Abner Cole (1783–1835), American newspaper editor
  • Abner Cook (1814–1884), Texas architect and general contractor
  • Abner Cotto (born 1987), Puerto Rican boxer
  • Abner Dalrymple (1857–1939), American Major League Baseball player
  • Abner Dean (1910–1982), American cartoonist
  • Abner Doble (1890–1961), American mechanical engineer who built and sold steam-powered automobiles
  • Abner Doubleday (1819–1893), American Civil War Union Army general often erroneously credited with inventing baseball
  • Abner Felipe (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
  • Abner C. Harding (1807–1874), member of Congress, U.S. Representative from Illinois and Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War
  • Abner Haynes (1937–2024), American college and American Football League player
  • Abner Hazeltine (1793–1879), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York and lawyer
  • Abner Jay (1921–1993), American multi-instrument musician
  • Abner Jones (1772–1841), minister and early church reformer in the United States
  • Abner Kneeland (1774–1844), American radical evangelist and theologian, the last man jailed in the United States for blasphemy
  • Abner Lacock (1770–1837), American politician, Senator from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Militia brigadier general, surveyor and civil engineer
  • Abner Lewis (1801–1879), U.S. Representative from New York, judge and attorney
  • Abner Smith Lipscomb (1789–1856), Secretary of State for the Republic of Texas, lawyer and judge
  • Abner Louima (born 1966), Haitian-American victim of police brutality
  • Abner Mares (born 1985), Mexican boxer who won several world championship titles
  • Abner Reid McClelan (1831–1917), Canadian politician
  • Abner J. Mikva (born 1926), American former U.S. Representative from Illinois, White House Counsel, federal judge and law professor
  • Abner Nash (1740–1786), second Governor of North Carolina, representative in the Continental Congress and lawyer
  • Abner Pākī (c. 1808–1855), Hawaiian chief
  • Abner Monroe Perrin (1827–1864), Confederate general in the American Civil War
  • Abner Powell (1860–1953), American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner
  • Abner Read (1821–1863), United States Navy officer killed in the American Civil War
  • Abner Salles da Silva (born 2004), Brazilian footballer
  • Abner Shimony (born 1928), American physicist and philosopher of science
  • Abner W. Sibal (1921–2000), American politician and U.S. Representative from Connecticut
  • Abner Silver (1899–1966), American songwriter
  • Abner Taylor (1829–1903), U.S. Representative from Illinois and businessman
  • Abner Vinícius (born 2000), Brazilian footballer
  • Abner Wilcox (1808–1869), American missionary teacher in the Kingdom of Hawaii
  • Abner Wimberly (1926–1976), American football player
  • Abner Zwillman (1904–1959), Jewish-American gangster

Surname

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  • David Abner Sr. (1826–1902), American legislator and former slave
  • Douglas Abner (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
  • Ewart Abner (1923–1997), American record company executive
  • Shawn Abner (born 1966), American Major League Baseball player
  • Seth Abner (born 1995), better known as Scump, American professional Call of Duty player, son of Shawn Abner

Fictional characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The amazing name Abner: Meaning and etymology".