Abitbol is a
Maghrebi Jewish
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Maghrebi Jews ( or , ''Maghrebim'') or North African Jews ( ''Yehudei Tzfon Africa'') are ethnic Jews who had traditionally lived in the Maghr ...
surname common Morocco, France and Israel.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Michel Abitbol
Michel Abitbol ( he, מיכאל אביטבול; born 14 April 1943 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a Moroccan- Israeli historian.
He is considered an expert on the history of Morocco and the history the Jews of North Africa. In the 80s, he gave co ...
(born 1943), Israeli historian
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Sarah Abitbol
Sarah Abitbol (born 8 June 1975) is a French former competitive pair skater. With skating partner Stéphane Bernadis, she is the 2000 World bronze medalist, the 2000 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a seven-time European medalist (two silver ...
(born 1975), French pair skater
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Sylvain Abitbol
Sylvain Abitbol is an engineer and entrepreneur in the telecommunications industry as CEO of NHC Communications Inc but is best known as an activist in Jewish affairs and was co-president of the Canadian Jewish Congress from 2007 to 2009.
Abitbo ...
, Canadian engineer
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William Abitbol
William Abitbol (6 September 1949 – 22 December 2016) was a French politician and, in later life, a restaurateur. His father was a Tunisian Jew. He was a member of the far-right militant group "Occident
The Occident is a term for the West, tr ...
(1949-2016), French politician
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Pascale Abitbol (born 1982), Canadian ex-porn actress and HIV activist
See also
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Jewish name
The Jewish name has historically varied, encompassing throughout the centuries several different traditions. This article looks at the onomastics practices of the Jewish people, that is, the history of the origin and forms of proper names.
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, paragraph about
Oriental Jewish names
Other variations of the name:
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Abiteboul
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Abutbul Abutbul is a surname. People with this surname include:
* Alon Abutbul (born 1965), Israeli actor, announcer, and film producer
* Asi Abutbul (born 1975), Israeli mafia boss
* Shay Abutbul (born 1983), Israeli footballer
See also
* Jewish name, p ...
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Botbol
During the 19th century, Botbol was one of the twenty most common surnames within Moroccan Jewish community. The origin of this surname (and its variants: Abitbol and Boutboul) is likely derived from the Hebrew shoresh ט.ב.ל (ṭ.b.l) meaning ...
, with a comprehensive etymology
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Maghrebi Jewish surnames
Arabic-language surnames
Surnames of Moroccan origin