Abadie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Abadie is an occupational surname for a person who was employed in an Abbot. "Abad" comes from the latin "abbas" and this from the Syrian "abba" meaning "padre" or father. This was the title given to those who had monasteries. 1

This noble surname that can be traced back to medieval Spain. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in Spain, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many people, such as the Abadie family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The surname Abadie was an occupational name for a person who worked under the supervision of monks in an Abbot.

Early Origins of the Abadie family

The surname Abadie was first found in the Basque region of northern Spain. Abadía, named after the town's proximity to an abandoned abbey in the next town, is a small municipality found in the province of Cáceres. The surname Abadie is borne by a noble and very ancient lineage of Vizcaya (Basque Country), in the northern part of Spain. The ancestral seat of this family was located in the Gordejuela Valley.

Of note was Juan de la Abadía el Viejo (fl. 1470-1498), a Spanish painter in the gothic Spanish-Flemish style.

Early History of the Abadie family

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Abadie Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Abad, Abbad, Abade, Abat, Abades, Abadal, Abadía, Abadia, de Abadía, de Abadia, de la Abadía, de la Abadia and many more.

Early Notables of the Abadie family

Prominent among bearers of the family name at this time was Manuel Abad y Queipo (1751-1825), a Spanish Roman Catholic Bishop of Michoacán in the Viceroyalty of New Spain at the time of the Mexican War...
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Abadie Ranking

In the United States, the name Abadie is the 15,943^rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 However, in France, the name Abadie is ranked the 746^th most popular surname with an estimated 6,590 people with that name. 3

Abadie migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Abadie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Hylarion Abadie, who settled in Philadelphia in 1818
Bernard Abadie, who settled in New Orleans in 1836
C. Abadie, who settled in New Orleans in 1840
J. B. Abadie, who settled in New Orleans in 1848
Ferdinand Abadie, who arrived in New Orleans in 1848
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Citations +

Woods, Richard Donovan, Spanish Surnames In The Southwestern United States G. K. Hall, 1978. Digital
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/