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Abner "[some variant of "Longie"; he stood a little over six feet tall]" Zwillman was a Jewish-American mobster who operated from Newark, New Jersey, and, for a time, had such a grip on the city that, during Prohibition, police would not only turn a blind eye to his liquor-smuggling, but actually protect it from other mobsters! He was also noted for beating up antisemites, including American Nazis, and being generous with his money. (Oddly enough, he was fairly religious. A friend of his died once, and he refused to go into the room at the funeral with the body; being a kohen, or member of the Jewish priestly class, he was not allowed to be in a room with a dead body.)
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I think I do prefer Avner, but I think this name is still very strong and handsome :D.
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Abner Louima is a Haitian-American activist who founded the Abner Louima Foundation, and is an avid protester against police brutality.
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Nice meaning. The more strictly accurate Hebrew rendition Avner (as used in Israel) transforms this name into cool and handsome.
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There was never a sitcom with a pig called Abner. Green Acres had a pig named Arnold. Strangely enough on the cartoon "Hey Arnold" the title character had a pet pig named Abner. There was also a character on Bewitched named Abner.
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I was given this name at birth but changed it in adulthood to something else because I was very unhappy with it.
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Abner Ramirez, the vocalist and guitarist for the band Johnny Swim, his wife Amanda is the daughter of Donna Summers.
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It's dorky but cute.
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Very ugly and old fashioned.
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Actually, there is a mistake in 'and נִיר (nir) meaning "lamp, light"' This part is wrong. Its actually suppose to be "נר" (ner) meaning "candle", and not "ניר".
I am Jewish, I live in Israel and my native language is Hebrew, so you can count on my word. [noted -ed]
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I am Jewish, I live in Israel and my native language is Hebrew, so you can count on my word. [noted -ed]
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There was an old sitcom from the 60's/70's with a pig named Abner.
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Terribly unattractive name. Don't do it to your kid (any gender). Beautiful meaning behind the name. That is the problem, it is behind the name, not the name.
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Strange version of Amber.
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Abner has nothing to do with the name Amber. The meaning of Abner is very nice, but unless you tattoo the meaning of his name on your son don't give him that name. It is best left to cartoon characters and history archives.
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The name Abner was given to 197 boys born in the US in 2015.
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I like the name Abner meaning the father of light.
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We named our son (now 8) Abner. It is an unusual name with a beautiful meaning (Father of Light) & interesting Biblical story. It is also the name of an intriguing Orson Scott Card character, Abner Doon (Dune?). It sounds very 1800s to me & was definitely more common then. My son really likes his name. I like it because it is complicated & meaningful & Hebrew. It is a little difficult for people, especially little kids, to say. My son used to tell people it was Ab-en-ner just so that they could say it. Now some of his cousins still call him that :).
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I much, much, much prefer Adner.
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Adner is a lot better.
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The name Abner was given to 155 baby boys born in the US in 2012.
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Abner Snopes is a character in Faulkner's famous story Barn Burning.
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The name Abner makes me think of a dog.
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The nosy neighbour's husband (the Kratiz's) in the TV show Bewitched is named Abner.
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It rolls of the tongue nicely, and you have to picture a strong nice man when you hear this name.
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I think it sounds hillybilly to me.
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I like this name. Jonas Abner would be a nice combo for a boy.
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It reminds me of a pig.
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It reminds me of a pig too, mainly because Abner is the name of Arnold's pet pig in the Nickelodeon animated show "Hey Arnold."
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Abner comes off as a very masculine name to me.
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"Lil' Abner" was a comic strip that used to run in the United States. It starred Li'l Abner Yokum and was about dumb hillbillies.
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