Brief Life History of Abda
Abda Christian was born about 1775, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. He married Ann Morse on 30 May 1810, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. He died on 21 October 1815, in Columbia, Georgia, United States, at the age of 41.
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1775–1815 Male
1790– Female
World Events (3)
1776
Age 1
1776 · The Declaration to the King
Age 1
1790
Age 15
Name Meaning
German and French: from the personal name Christian, from Latin Christianus ‘follower of Christ’ (see Christ 1), literally ‘the Christian’. The usual French form is, however, Chrétien (see Chretien ). For the cognate English name see 3 below.
Manx: from Mac Kristinn ‘son of Kristinn’, a borrowing of the Old Norse form of Latin Christianus ‘the Christian’. Christian is a learned, Anglicized form.
English (of Norman origin): from the interchangeable Middle English personal names Cristian and Cristin, used for both men and women. Cristian is from Latin Christianus (see 1 above) and its female equivalent Christiana. Cristin is from Latin Christinus and Christina, male and female diminutives of Christus ‘Christ’. They were introduced to England and Scotland by the Normans in their Old French forms, male Crestien (or the learned form Cristian) and Cristin, female Cristiane and Cristine. Cristin(e) was naturally associated with the Middle English word cristen, cristin, or criston ‘Christian’ (Old English crīsten), reinforcing the tendency to use Cristin and Cristian as alternative name forms. The male name was never common in medieval England, but the female name became increasingly popular in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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