Abbo is a male given name (short form of french: Abbon, german: Adalbert, Adelbert) and a surname (Arabic and Hebrew variant of ''Abbas''). Abbo may refer to:

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Abbo I of Metz Goeric of Metz ( la, Goericus; french: Goëri; died September 19 643 AD), also known as Abbo I of Metz, Goericus of Metz, and Gury of Metz, was a bishop of Metz. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. B ...

(died 643), bishop of Metz *

Abbo II of Metz Abbo II of Metz was the thirty-fifth bishop of the Diocese of Metz, following Landry of Metz. He is commemorated with a feast day of 15 April. Abbo served as bishop from 697–707. References Sources * Holweck, F. G. Frederick George Holw ...

(died 707), bishop Metz from 697 to 707 *

Abbo of Auxerre Abbo of Auxerre was a Benedictine abbot and bishop of Auxerre. He had been a monk, and later abbot, of the Abbey of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre, and succeeded his brother Heribald of Auxerre as bishop of Auxerre. He resigned from the see in 859. He ...

(died 860), Bishop of Auxerre * Abbo Cernuus (died c. 992), Benedictine monk and poet * Abbo of Fleury (c. 945–1004), abbot * Abbo of Provence, Patrician of Provence in opposition to Maurontus in the 730s *

Abbo (bishop of Soissons) Abbo (died 937) was the bishop of Soissons from 909. Throughout his episcopate, he was "under the thumb" of Count Herbert II of Vermandois (907–943). In 925, Abbo attended the uncanonical synod convoked in Reims by Count Herbert, who had his five ...

(died 937), Bishop of Soissons *

Abbo Nassour El-Hadj Abbo Nassour Abdoulaye Sabre (born 1927, Kapka, d. 1982) was a Chadian politician. Born in a Northern family, he served in several ministerial functions before being jailed 1963. He was later released and returned to the political limelight ...

(1927–1982), Chadian politician * Abbo Ostrowsky (1889–1975), Russian-American art teacher and etcher

Surname

* Catherine Abbo (born 1972), Nigerian researcher, academic, and medical doctor *

Faraj Abbo Faraj Abbo al Numan ( ar, فرج عبو النعمان; November 21, 1921 – March 5, 1984), more commonly Faraj Abu, Faraj Aboo or simply Faraj Abou, was an influential Assyrian Iraqi artist, theatre director, designer, author and educator, n ...

(1921–1984), Iraqi artist, theatre director, designer, author and educator *

Gabriel Abbo Gabriel Abbo (26 June 1883 – 20 October 1954) was a French politician, born in Sidi Daoud, Algeria (then named Abbo). Abbo's grandfather had founded the village of Abboville, which was named after the family, and his father owned several impor ...

(1883–1954), French politician *

Ishaku Elisha Abbo Ishaku Elisha Abbo (born in Mubi North, Nigeria) is a Nigerian politician. He is the senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in Adamawa State at the Nigerian 9th National Assembly. He is currently a member of All Progressives Con ...

, Nigerian politician *

Jussuf Abbo Jussuf Abbo, originally Jussuff Abbu, (14 February 1890 – 29 August 1953) was a Jewish visual artist from Ottoman Palestine. His mediums included printmaking and sculpture. He was active mainly in Germany until fleeing to England in 1935 due t ...

(1890–1953), Palestinian-Jewish artist

Other uses

* Abbo, singer and guitarist from

UK Decay UK Decay are an English rock band, based in Luton, England. History UK Decay was born out of the ashes of another Luton band called the Resiztors, who had formed in 1978. The Resiztors' line-up consisted of guitarist Steve "Abbo" Abbott, ...

* Abbo, another name for the town of

Sidi Daoud Sidi Daoud () is a farming town in north-central Algeria, on the west bank of the ''Sebaou River'', a few kilometers downstream from its mouth. It is the capital of a municipality dominated by the mountain of Bouberak, including the coastal vil ...

, Algeria * An ethnic slur referring to Indigenous Australians (variant of ''abo'', derived from ''Aborigine'')

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