Abbott (surname)

Abbott

The Abbot of the Convent of Saint Giles of Nuremberg , drawing by Hans von Kulmbach, 1511
Language	English
Origin
Meaning	Relating to abbots

Abbott, also spelled Abbot, is an English surname, derived from the word "abbot", ^{[1] [2]} which may refer to:

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• R
• S
• T
• V
• W

• Fictional characters
• See also
• References

A

• Abiel Abbot (1770–1828), American pastor
• Alan Abbott (1926–2008), English cricketer
• Alfred N. Abbott (1862–1929), American farmer and politician
• Alice Balch Abbot (1867–1937), American writer
• Amos Abbott (1786–1868), American Congressman
• Anderson Ruffin Abbott (1837–1913), Canadian physician
• Anne Abbott (1808–1908), American designer and writer
• Anthony Abbott (1930–2023), Canadian politician
• Aubrey Abbott (1886–1975), Australian politician
• Augustus Abbott (1804–1867), British army officer
• Austin Abbott (1831–1896), American lawyer and academic

B

• Bec Abbot, Canadian singer
• Belle K. Abbott (1842–1893), American author
• Benjamin Abbot (1762–1849), American schoolteacher
• Benjamin Abbott (1732–1796), American evangelist
• Benjamin Vaughan Abbott (1830–1890), American lawyer and author
• Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), American photographer
• Bert Abbott (1875–1911), English footballer
• Big John Abbott (born 2002), English food critic and competitive eater
• Bob Abbott (1932–2010), justice of the Kansas Supreme Court
• Brad Abbott (born 1994), English footballer
• Brenden Abbott (born 1962), aka the Postcard Bandit, Australian bank robber
• Brian Abbot (1911–1936), Australian actor
• Bruce Abbott (born 1954), American actor
• Bud Abbott (1897–1974), American actor
• Burton Abbott (1928–1957), American convicted of murder

C

• Caleb F. Abbott (1811–1855), Canadian politician
• Cecil Abbott (1924–2014), Australian police commissioner
• Cecilia Abbott (born 1959), First Lady of Texas and wife of Greg Abbott
• Charles Abbot (disambiguation)
• Charles Abbott (disambiguation)
• Chauncey M. Abbott (1822–1863), American politician
• Chris Abbott (born 1947), American television producer, writer and author
• Christopher Abbott (born 1986), American actor
• Clara Abbott (1857–1924), corporate director of Abbott Laboratories from 1900 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1924
• Cory Abbott (born 1995), American baseball player
• Courtney Abbot (born 1989), New Zealand-born actress

D

• Dan Abbott (1862–1930), American baseball player
• Daniel Abbott (1682–1760), Deputy Governor of colony of Rhode Island
• Darrell Lance Abbott (1966–2004), birth name of American guitarist known as Dimebag Darrell
• David Abbott (disambiguation)
• Delila (Richards) Abbott (1908–1998), American politician
• Dennis Abbott (born 1941), American politician
• Derek Abbott (born 1960), English physicist and electronic engineer
• Diahnne Abbott (born 1945), American actress and singer
• Diane Abbott (born 1953), British politician, former Shadow Home Secretary
• Dorian Abbot, American geophysicist
• Dorothy Abbott (1920–1968), American actress
• Douglas Abbott (1899–1987), Canadian politician
• Drew Abbott (born 1947), American musician

E

• Edith Abbott (1876–1957), American social worker, educator and author
• Edville Gerhardt Abbott (1871–1938), American orthopædic surgeon
• Edward Abbott (disambiguation)
• Edwin Hale Abbot (1834–1927), American lawyer and railroad executive
• Edwin Abbott (disambiguation)
• Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), American author
• Elenore Abbott (1875–1935), American book illustrator, scenic designer and artist
• Eli Abbott (1869–1943), American college sports coach
• Emma Abbott (1849–1891), American singer
• Eric Symes Abbott (1906–1983), English clergyman
• Evelyn Abbott (1843–1901), English classical scholar
• Ezra Abbot (1819–1884), American Biblical scholar

F

• Faye Abbott (1895–1965), American football player
• Francis Ellingwood Abbot (1836–1903), American philosopher and theologian
• Frank Abbott (disambiguation)
• Fred Abbott (1874–1935), American baseball player
• Frederick Abbott (disambiguation)
• Fredric Abbott (1928–1996), Australian actor

G

• George Abbot (author) (c. 1603–1648), English writer
• George Abbot (bishop) (1562–1633), English clergyman
• George Abbotts or Abbot (1602–1645), MP for Gilford in the Short and Long parliaments, nephew of the Archbishop George Abbot
• George Abbott (disambiguation)
• Glenn Abbott (born 1951), American baseball player
• Gordon Abbott (1914–1986), Australian rules footballer
• Gorham Dummer Abbott (1807–1874), American clergyman, educator and author
• Grace Abbott (1878–1939), American social worker
• Greg Abbott (born 1957), American lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Texas, Governor of Texas
• Greg Abbott (footballer) (born 1963), English footballer
• Gregory Abbott (born 1954), American soul musician, singer, composer and producer
• Gypsy Abbott (1887–1952), American actress

H

• Hannah Abbott, fictional character from the Harry Potter series
• H. H. Abbott, Harold Henry Abbott (1891–1976), poet and headmaster
• Harold Abbott (artist) (1906–1986), Australian portrait painter, official war artist and art teacher
• Harold Abbott (rugby union) (1882–1971), New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Helen Abbott Michael (1857–1904), née Abbott, American chemist
• Henry Abbot (martyr) (died 1597), English Catholic martyr
• Henry Larcom Abbot (1831–1927), American military engineer
• Henry Abbott (disambiguation)
• Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott (1814–1883), British general
• Horace Abbott (1806–1887), American manufacturer

I

• Ira Abbott (1906–1988), American aerospace engineer

J

• Jack Abbott
• Jacob Abbott (1803–1879), American writer
• Jacqui Abbott (born 1973), English singer
• James Abbott (disambiguation)
• Jeff Abbott (born 1963), American novelist
• Jeff Abbott (baseball) (born 1972), American baseball player
• Jennifer Abbott (born 1965), Canadian director, cinematographer and editor
• Jeremy Abbott (born 1985), American figure skater
• Jere Abbott (1897–1982), American art historian
• Jerry Abbott (1942–2024), American songwriter and record producer
• Jim Abbott (disambiguation)
• Jo Abbott (1840–1908), American politician
• Joan Stevenson Abbott (1899–1975), Australian army matron
• Job Abbott (1845–1896), Canadian civil engineer
• Joe Abbott (Australian politician) (1891–1965), Australian politician
• Joe Abbott (speedway rider) (1902–1950), English motorcycle racer
• Joel Abbot (naval officer) (1793–1855), American naval officer
• Joel Abbot (politician) (1776–1826), American politician
• John Abbot (entomologist) (1751–1840/1), American entomologist
• John Abbott (disambiguation)
• Josiah Gardner Abbott (1814–1891), American politician
• Joseph Abbott (disambiguation)
• Jude Abbott (born 1962), British musician

K

• Karen Abbott (born 1973), American author of historical non-fiction
• Kurt Abbott (born 1969), American baseball player
• Kyle Abbott (baseball) (born 1968), former professional baseball player
• Kyle Abbott (cricketer) (born 1987), South African cricketer

L

• Laura Abbot (born 1930s), American writer
• Lawrence Fraser Abbott (1859–1933), American editor and writer
• L. B. Abbott (1908–1985), American cinematographer, cameraman and special effects expert
• Lee K. Abbott (1947–2019), American writer
• Lemuel Abbott (1730–1776), English clergyman and poet
• Lemuel Francis Abbott (c. 1760–1802), English portrait painter
• Leonard Dalton Abbott (1878–1953), American publicist and radical thinker
• Lillian Elvira Moore Abbot (1870–1944), American painter
• Lyman Abbott (1835–1922), American religious leader and author

M

• Mac Abbott (1877–1960), Australian politician
• Margaret Ives Abbott (1878–1955), American golfer
• Mary Bethune Abbott (1823–1898), wife of Canadian prime minister John Abbott
• Maude Abbott (1869–1930), Canadian doctor
• Maurice Abbot (1565–1642), English merchant and politician
• Megan Abbott (born 1971), American writer
• Mishael Abbott (born 1981), American race car driver
• Monica Abbott (born 1985), American softball player

N

• Nabia Abbott (1897–1981), American scholar of Islam
• Nathan Abbott (1854–1941), American lawyer and law teacher
• Nehemiah Abbott (1804–1877), American politician
• Nelson Abbott (born 1966), American politician
• Nick Abbot (born 1960), British radio presenter
• Norman Abbott (1922–2016), American television director

O

• Ody Abbott (1888–1933), American baseball player
• Othman A. Abbott (1842–1935), Canadian-born American politician, first Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska

P

• Pat Abbott (1912–1984), American golfer
• Paul Abbott (disambiguation)
• Paweł Abbott (born 1982), English footballer
• Percy Abbott (Canadian politician) (1882–1942)
• Percy Abbott (Australian politician) (1869–1940), Australian politician, soldier and solicitor
• Percy Abbott (magician) (1886–1960), Australian magician and magic dealer
• Peter Abbott (1942–2015), British navy officer
• Philip Abbott (1923–1998), American character actor
• P. J. Abbott (born 1964), American race car driver

R

• Rachel Abbott (born 1952), British author
• Reg Abbott (born 1930), Canadian ice hockey player
• Rhoda Abbott (1873–1946), English survivor of the Titanic sinking
• Richard Abbot (1818–1904), English poet
• Richard Atkinson Abbot (1883–1954), New Zealand architect
• Richard Abbott (Australian politician) (1859–1940), Australian politician
• Robert Abbot (bishop) (1560–1617), Bishop of Salisbury
• Robert Abbot (theologian) (1588?–1662?), Puritan theologian
• Robert Abbott (disambiguation)
• Roger Abbott (1946–2011), Canadian actor
• R. Tucker Abbott (1919–1995), American conchologist and malacologist
• Russ Abbot (born 1947), English musician, comedian and actor

S

• Samuel Abbot (1786–1839), American inventor
• Samuel Warren Abbott (1837–1904), American physician
• Saunders Alexius Abbott (1811–1894), British general
• Scott Abbott (born 20th century), Canadian co-creator of board game Trivial Pursuit
• Sean Abbott (born 1992), Australian cricketer
• Senda Berenson Abbott (1868–1964), Lithuanian basketballer
• Shirley Abbott (ambassador) (1924–2013), American diplomat
• Shirley Abbott (author) (1934–2019), American writer and magazine editor
• Shirley Abbott (footballer) (1889–1947), English footballer
• Spencer Abbott (ice hockey) (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
• Steve Abbott (disambiguation)
• Stuart Abbot (born 1986), Scottish footballer
• Stuart Abbott (born 1978), South African rugby union player

T

• Tank Abbott, American mixed martial artist David Abbott (born 1965)
• Tarnel Abbott (born 1953), American free-speech advocate, activist and librarian
• Theophilus C. Abbot (1826–1892), American college president
• Thomas Eastoe Abbott (1786–1854), English poet
• Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1829–1913), Irish scholar and educator
• Thomas Abbott (priest), Irish priest, archdeacon of Cloyne (1919–1936)
• Tom Abbott (born 1981), British broadcaster and sports commentator
• Tom Abbott (socialist) (1872–1949), British socialist activist
• Tommy Abbott (1934–1987), American actor, dancer and choreographer
• Tony Abbott (disambiguation)
• Ty Abbott (born 1988), American basketball player

V

• Vince Abbott (born 1958), American football player
• Vincent Paul Abbott (1964–2018), birth name of American heavy-metal drummer and producer Vinnie Paul

W

• Wallace Abbott (1857–1921), founder of Abbott Laboratories
• Walter Abbott (disambiguation)
• Wes Abbott (born 1971), American artist
• Wilbur Cortez Abbott (1869–1947), American historian and educator
• Wilhelmina Hay Abbott (1884–1957), Scottish suffragist and feminist
• William Abbot (actor) (1790–1843), English actor
• William Wright Abbot (1922–2009), American historian, educator, and writer
• William Abbott (disambiguation)
• Willis J. Abbot (1863–1934), American journalist and writer
• Wilson Ruffin Abbott (1801–1876), American-born Canadian businessman

Fictional characters

• George Abbott (Coronation Street), on the soap opera Coronation Street
• Harold Abbott (Saw), in the film Saw VI
• Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless), on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
• John Abbott (The Young and the Restless), on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Kyle Abbott (The Young and the Restless), on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Mickey Abbott, on the sitcom Seinfeld
• Richard Abbott (One Life to Live), on the soap opera One Life to Live

See also

• Abbott (disambiguation)
• General Abbott (disambiguation)
• Justice Abbott (disambiguation)
• Senator Abbott (disambiguation)
• Abbot (surname)

References

1. Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 2. ISBN   978-0-415-05737-0.
2. Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 2. ISBN   978-0-19-252747-9.