indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from nickname)
Usage Judeo-Spanish
Scripts אבקסיס(Hebrew)
Other Forms FormsAbecasis, Abécassis
Meaning & History
From Hebrew אָב (áv) meaning "father" and Arabic قَصَّاص (qaṣṣāṣ) meaning "storyteller, narrator" (used as a title for community leaders and rabbis among North African Jews).