Ab (given name)

Ab is a Dutch and English (primarily Canadian) masculine given name. It usually is short form (hypocorism) of Albert and occasionally of Abraham or Abbott. The following people have a full name "Albert(us)", except where noted:

• Ab Baars (born 1955), Dutch jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
• Ab van Bemmel (1912–1986), Dutch boxer
• Ab Box (1909–2000), Canadian football player
• Ab Campbell (1910–1973), Canadian (Toronto) politician
• Ab Conway (1914–2001), Canadian middle-distance runner
• Ab DeMarco (1916–1989), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ab DeMarco, Jr. (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ab Doderer (1926–?), Dutch chauffeur and kidnapping victim
• Ab Douglas (born 1950), Dutch sports sailor
• Ab van Egmond (born 1938), Dutch road cyclist
• Ab Ekels (born 1950), Dutch sports sailor
• Ab Fafié (1941–2012), Dutch footballer
• Ab Geldermans (1935–2025), Dutch road bicycle racer and directeur sportif
• Ab Gowanlock (1900–1988), Canadian curler
• Ab Gritter (1949–2008), Dutch footballer
• Ab Hardy (1910–?), Canadian speed skater
• Ab Harrewijn (1954–2002), Dutch GreenLeft politician
• Ab Heijn (1927–2011), Dutch entrepreneur, chairman of Ahold
• Ab Hoffman (born 1947), Canadian track and field athlete Abby Hoffman
• Ab Jenkins (1883–1946), American race car driver and mayor of Salt Lake City (Abbott)
• Ab Justice, American golfer
• Ab Klink (born 1958), Dutch CDA politician (Abraham)
• Ab McDonald (1936–2018), Canadian ice hockey player (Alvin Brian)
• Ab Newsome (1920–1979), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ab Nicholas (1931–2016), American chief executive
• Ab Osterhaus (born 1948), Dutch virologist
• Ab Rector (1934–2005), Canadian (New Brunswick) politician
• Ab Renaud (1920–2012), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ab Rogers (1909–?), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ab Rosbag (born 1940), Dutch wrestler
• Ab Salm (1801–1876), Dutch painter
• Ab Saunders (1851–1883), American cowboy and gunman
• Ab Sluis (born 1937), Dutch cyclist
• Ab Tamboer (1950–2016), Dutch drummer
• Ab Tresling (1909–1980), Dutch field hockey player
• Ab Walker (1910–2001), Canadian (Ontario) politician
• Ab Welsh (1913–1971), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ab Wolders (born 1951), Dutch strongman and powerlifter
• Ab Wright (1905–1995), American baseball and football player

See also

Bardic names may start with "Ab":

• Ab Iolo (1787–1847), Welsh poet and author Taliesin Williams
• Ab Ithel (1811–1862), Welsh antiquary and Anglican priest John Williams