Abaa (Name)

Abaa (transliteration: Abāʾ) is an Arabic name for boys that means “proud”, “self-important”.¹ Its literal meaning is “one who turns away”, “one who rejects”.².

Abaa is also spelled as Abba, Abbaa, Abaa’, and Abbaa’.

There is one Companion of the Prophet with the name Abaa:

• al-Abaa bin Qais al-Asadi الأبَّاء بن قيس الأسَديّ

Below is the name Abaa written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Abaa written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE), entry for أَبى.
2. Maqayees al-Lughah by Ibn Faris (d. 1004 CE), entry for أَبَيَ.