Abney Surname:

What does the name mean?

Last Name: Abney

English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire 
named Abney, from the Old English personal name Abba 
(+ genitive -n) + Old English eg �island�. 
			
The surname is now much more common in the U.S. than in England.
 

Dictionary of American Family Names,

Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

                                      



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