Abdy

English

Etymology

From Middle English abbodie (“abbey”), itself from Old French abaie.

Proper noun

Abdy (countable and uncountable, plural Abdys)

1. A hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4398).
2. A habitational surname from Middle English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Abdy is the 16484^th most common surname in England, belonging to 303 individuals.

Further reading

• “Abdy”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abdy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.