Abner is a
given name and a
surname of
Hebrew origin. It is the name of
Abner (
Hebrew: אַבְנֵר ʾAḇnēr, "father of lamp/light")[1] from the
Bible (
Book of Samuel), first cousin to King
Saul and commander-in-chief of his army. In the United States, it was moderately popular as a given name, but declined in the first half of the 20th century, rarely being used for newborns after the 1930s. Other notable people with the name include:
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
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Abner is a
given name and a
surname of
Hebrew origin. It is the name of
Abner (
Hebrew: אַבְנֵר ʾAḇnēr, "father of lamp/light")[1] from the
Bible (
Book of Samuel), first cousin to King
Saul and commander-in-chief of his army. In the United States, it was moderately popular as a given name, but declined in the first half of the 20th century, rarely being used for newborns after the 1930s. Other notable people with the name include:
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.