Abel (Heb.), breath, vanity.
Abiathar (Heb.), father of excellence or plenty.
Abigail (Heb.), father of exultation.—Dims. Abby, Nabby.
Abihu (Heb.), father [is] he [God].
Abijah, Abia (Heb.), the Lord is a father.
Abner (Heb.), father of Ner, or light, or the father [is] a lamp.
Abraham, Abram (Heb.), father of a multitude, high father.—Dims. Abe, Aby.
Absalom (Heb.), father of peace.
Ada. See Edith.
Adalbert (Teut.), nobly bright.