Abbey (surname)
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Abbey is an English surname,[1][2] denoting someone living near an abbey or having an occupation working in one.[3] Surname variants of Abbey include Abbay (below), Abbe, Abby (not the given name), Abdey and Abdie.[3]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Beatrice Agyeman Abbey, Ghanaian CEO of Media General
- Bert Abbey (1869–1962), American baseball player
- Bruce Abbey (born 1951), Canadian ice hockey player
- Charles Abbey (1913–1982), Australian politician
- Charlie Abbey (1866–1926), American baseball player
- David Abbey (born 1941), English cricketer
- Edward Abbey (1927–1989), American author
- Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), artist and illustrator
- George Abbey (NASA) (1932–2024), American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) official
- George Abbey (footballer) (born 1978), Nigerian footballer
- Grace Abbey (born 1999), English footballer
- Graham Abbey (born 1971), Canadian actor
- Helen Abbey (1915–2001), American statistician
- Henry Abbey (1842–1911), American poet
- Henry Eugene Abbey (1846–1896), theatre manager and producer
- Jeffrey Abbey (born 1998), American racing driver
- Joe Abbey (1925–2014), American football player
- John Abbey (organ builder) (1785–1859), English organ builder
- John Roland Abbey (1894–1969), English book collector
- Leon Abbey (1900–1975), American jazz violinist and bandleader
- Lynn Abbey (born 1948), American author
- Nathan Abbey (born 1978), English footballer
- Nelson Abbey (born 2003), English footballer
- Richard Abbey (1805–1891), American Methodist minister
- Rita Deanin Abbey (1930–2021), American artist
- Robert Mensah Abbey, Ghanaian politician
- Ross Abbey (born 1953), Australian rules football player
- Zema Abbey (born 1977), English footballer
