Meaning and formation
Abad means “abbot” in Spanish. The title for the head of a monastery became an occupational surname. The painter Pacita Barsana Abad combined painting and fiber techniques, including trapunto quilting.
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /ʔaˈbad/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /aˈbad/ · Wiktionary ↗
In the 1849 Catálogo transcription
The linked transcription records the following spelling and page position. Open the edition link to locate the printed page.
- abad · page 1 · row 57 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗
- abad · page 1 · row 101 · Transcription ↗ · Digitized edition ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Abad has 13 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.
OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts