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[Surname] Re: Abud
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Yes it's Arabic, a male forename and a surname common to Christians and Muslims. The word is a variant of abd, which literally means "slave", by extension a devoted servant of the deity. Another spelling is Aboud, found in the US, where some of the name have changed it to Abbott.
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