Abbey (surname)

Abbey is an English surname,[1][2] denoting someone living near an abbey or having an occupation working in one.[3] Surname variants of Abbey include Abbay (below), Abbe, Abby (not the given name), Abdey and Abdie.[3]

Notable people with the surname include:

Bert Abbey (1869–1962), American baseball player
Bruce Abbey (born 1951), Canadian ice hockey player
Charles Abbey (1913–1982), Australian politician
Charlie Abbey (1866–1926), American baseball player
David Abbey (born 1941), English cricketer
Edward Abbey (1927–1989), American author
Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), artist and illustrator
George Abbey (born 1932), American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) official
George Abbey (born 1978), Nigerian footballer
Grace Abbey (born 1999), English footballer
Graham Abbey (born 1971), Canadian actor
Helen Abbey (1915–2001), American statistician
Henry Abbey (1842–1911), American poet
Henry Eugene Abbey (1846–1896), theatre manager and producer
Jeffrey Abbey (born 1998), American racing driver
Joe Abbey (1925–2014), American football player
John Abbey (1785–1859), English organ builder
John Roland Abbey (1894–1969), English book collector
Leon Abbey (1900–1975), American jazz violinist and bandleader
Lynn Abbey (born 1948), American author
Nathan Abbey (born 1978), English footballer
Nelson Abbey (born 2003), English footballer
Rita Deanin Abbey (1930–2021), American artist
Robert Mensah Abbey, Ghanaian politician
Ross Abbey (born 1953), Australian rules football player
Zema Abbey (born 1977), English footballer

Variants

Abbay

Richard Abbay (1838-1919), American politician

References

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.
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.
Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-19-211592-8 – via Internet Archive.

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[Browne_Reaney_Wilson_Scull_1991-1] 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.

[Hanks_Coates_McClure_2016-2] 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.

[Hanks_Hodges_1988-3] Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press. p. 1. ISBN 0-19-211592-8 – via Internet Archive.