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  • Chris Hansen
    Means "son of Abel." "Yan" is Armenian, it would seem. Abel comes from "Aba:" Aba (Mogilev) M: from the given name Aba (`abe' in Yiddish) {Ab, Abo, Abij, Abin, Vaba, Abov, Abovich, Abovskij, Abchuk (Abtsyuk, Aptsyuk), Abes, Abesson, Abesgauz (Abesgaus, Abezgauz, Obezgauz, Abezgaus), Abesgus (Abezguz, Abezgus)}. The original Aramaic form of this given name is `aaboa' (Talmud, Berakhot 24), meaning `father'. Hypocoristic forms: Abka (`abke' in Yiddish) {Abkin (Apkin), Abkevich}, Abko {Abkov, Abkovich}, Abel' (`abl' in Yiddish) {Abel' (Obel', Vabel'), Abel'man, Abelev (Gabelev, Vabelev), Abeliov (Obelov), Abelevich, Abeliovich (Abeleovich), Abel'skij, Abelevskij (Abilevskij), Abelyanskij, Abelyuk, Abelis (Gabelis, Gabilis), Abel'son, Abelin, Abulyak, Ablov, Ablovskij (Ablevskij, Ablavskij); Abel'gauz}, Ablya (`able' in Yiddish)* {Ablin}, Abush {Abushevich}, Absha (`abshe' in Yiddish) {Abshes, Abshis; Abshikhes (Apshikhes)}. http://www.avotaynu.com/books/DJSRE1SamplePage.pdf
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