Abbo is a male given name (short form of , ) and a surname (Arabic and Hebrew variant of ''Abbas''). Abbo may refer to:

Given name

Abbo I of Metz Goeric of Metz (; ; died September 19 643 AD), also known as Abbo I of Metz, Goericus of Metz, and Gury of Metz, was a bishop of Metz. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church, Roman Cat ...

(died 643), bishop of Metz *

Abbo II of Metz Abbo II of Metz was the thirty-fifth bishop of the Diocese of Metz, following Landry of Metz. He is commemorated with a feast day The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each ...

(died 707), bishop Metz from 697 to 707 * Abbo of Auxerre (died 860), Bishop of Auxerre *

Abbo Cernuus Abbo Cernuus ("the Crooked"), Abbo Parisiensis, or Abbo of Saint-Germain (c. 850c. 923) was a Neustrian Benedictine monk and poet of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris. He was born about the middle of the ninth century. Abbo was prese ...

(died c. 992), Benedictine monk and poet *

Abbo of Fleury Abbo or Abbon of Fleury (; – 13 November 1004), also known as Saint Abbo or Abbon, was a monk and abbot of Fleury Abbey in present-day Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. Life Abbo was born near Orléans and brought up in t ...

(c. 945–1004), abbot *

Abbo of Provence Abbo was the Patrician of Provence in opposition to Maurontus in the 730s. He was also '' rector'' of Maurienne and Susa. Abbo came from the family of Waldelenus in the Besançon. They controlled the Alpine passes of Susa, Embrun, and Gap. Ab ...

, Patrician of Provence in opposition to Maurontus in the 730s *

Abbo (bishop of Soissons) Abbo (died 937) was the bishop of Soissons from 909. Throughout his episcopate, he was "under the thumb" of Count Herbert II of Vermandois (907–943). In 925, Abbo attended the uncanonical synod convoked in Reims by Count Herbert, who had his fiv ...

(died 937), Bishop of Soissons * Abbo Nassour (1927–1982), Chadian politician *

Abbo Ostrowsky Abbo Ostrowsky (October 23, 1889 Elizavetgrad, Russia – June 19, 1975) was an American art teacher and etcher. Life Ostrowsky was born in the Russian Empire. He studied at the Odessa Art School, with Kyriak Kostandi. In 1906, he was assistant ...

(1889–1975), Russian-American art teacher and etcher

Surname

* Catherine Abbo (born 1972), Nigerian researcher, academic, and medical doctor *

Faraj Abbo Faraj Abbo al Numan (; November 21, 1921 – March 5, 1984), more commonly Faraj Abu, Faraj Aboo or simply Faraj Abou, was an influential Assyrian Iraqi artist, theatre director, designer, author and educator, noted as one of the early artist ...

(1921–1984), Iraqi artist, theatre director, designer, author and educator *

Gabriel Abbo Gabriel Abbo (26 June 1883 – 20 October 1954) was a French politician, born in Sidi Daoud, Algeria (then named Abbo). Abbo's grandfather had founded the village of Abboville, which was named after the family, and his father owned several impor ...

(1883–1954), French politician *

Ishaku Elisha Abbo Ishaku Elisha Abbo (born 2 May 1976 in Mubi North, Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician. He was the senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in Adamawa State at the Nigerian 10th Nigeria National Assembly, 10th National Assembly until ...

, Nigerian politician *

Jussuf Abbo Jussuf Abbo, originally Jussuff Abbu, (14 February 1890 – 29 August 1953) was a Jewish visual artist from Ottoman Palestine. His mediums included printmaking and sculpture. He was active mainly in Germany until fleeing to England in 1935 due t ...

(1890–1953), Palestinian-Jewish artist

Other uses

* Abbo, singer and guitarist from

UK Decay UK Decay are an English post-punk band based in Luton. History UK Decay was born from another Luton band called the Resiztors, who had formed in 1978. The Resiztors' line-up consisted of guitarist Steve "Abbo" Abbott, drummer Steven David ...

* Abbo, another name for the town of

Sidi Daoud Sidi Daoud () is a farming town in north-central Algeria, on the west bank of the ''Sebaou River'', a few kilometers downstream from its river delta, mouth. It is the capital of a municipality dominated by the mountain of Bouberak, including the ...

, Algeria * An ethnic slur referring to

Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...

(variant of ''abo'', derived from ''Aborigine'')

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