What We Know About the Abott Surname

Ancestors listed as Abott are often found as Abbott a generation earlier. The name is usually explained as “Abbot, a nickname or servant name”. Abott drops the “b” of Abbott, a shortening that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Abot and Abbot.

Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Abt.

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