Type Word Usage Arabic Scripts أب(Arabic) Meaning & History Arabic word meaning "father" [1]. Related ItemsDetails Other Languages & Culturesabu(Akkadian) ʾav(Ancient Hebrew) ʾb(Ancient Semitic) Given Name DescendantsAbo, Abu, Abu al-Fadl, Abu Bakr, Abul-Fazl(Arabic) Əbülfəz(Azerbaijani) Abubakar(Fula) Abubakar, Bukar(Hausa) Abolfazl(Persian) Ebu Bekir, Ebubekir(Turkish) Aboubacar, Boubacar(Western African) Same Spellingāb Sources & References Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 2.