Abbe (name)
Abbe is both a surname and a given name. As a surname, Abbé is of French origin, either as critical nickname for a sanctimonious person or as an occupational surname for someone working in the household of a priest. Among the variants of Abbe are Labbé, Labbey and Labbez. Independently, Abbe is considered one variant of Abbey.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Caroline Abbé, Swiss footballer
- Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist
- Cleveland Abbe Jr., American geographer
- Elfriede Abbe, American sculptor
- Ernst Abbe, German physicist
- Franz Abbé, German gymnast
- George Abbe, American poet
- Godwin Abbe, Nigerian politician
- Hendrik Abbé, Flemish artist
- James Abbe, American photographer
- Kathryn Abbe, American photographer
- Kenshiro Abbe, Japanese martial artist
- Louis Jean Nicolas Abbé, French general
- Maurice L'Abbé, Canadian academic and mathematician
- Moe L'Abbé, Canadian hockey player
- Patience Abbe, American writer
- Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist
- Sonnet L'Abbé, Canadian poet, editor, professor and critic
- Truman Abbe, American surgeon
- William Abbe, Iowa state senator
- Nadège Labbey, French rugby player
- Abbe Borg, Swedish esports player
- Abbe Carter Goodloe, American writer
- Abbe Lane, American singer and actress
- Abbe Lowell, American defense attorney
- Abbe May, Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and human rights campaigner
- Abbe Mowshowitz, American academic and professor
- Abbe Raven, American businesswoman
- Abbe Smith, American criminal defense attorney and professor of law
- Abbe Schulties, American actress
- Abdoulaye (Abbe) Ibrahim, Togolese soccer player
- Fulbert Youlou, first President of Congo-Brazzaville, known as Abbé
- Joseph-Barnabé Saint-Sevin dit L'Abbé le Fils, French composer and violinist
- Jean-Hippolyte Michon, French priest, archaeologist, and the founder of graphology, used the name "L’Abbé ***" to publish Le Jésuite in 1865
- Abbé Adam, French priest
- Abbé Aubert, French writer
- Abbé Faria, or Abbé José Custódio de Faria, Luso-Goan Catholic monk who pioneered of the scientific study of hypnosis
- Abbé François Blanchet, French littérateur
- Abbé Larudan, anonymous French writer
- Abbé Pierre, French Roman Catholic priest
- Abbé Prévost, French novelist