Baby name
STABLE BOY · HEBREW
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 +18 Abner
/AB · ner/
Meaning
“My father is light”
Hebrew name from 'Avner' meaning 'my father is light', historically significant as King Saul's general in Biblical narratives.
How it ages.
Mid-tier vintage revival name; grew post-2010 as part of Old Testament names resurgence (same cohort as Ezra, Levi).
The cultural moment.
Moderate growth in US northeast and Jewish communities; trendier in Gen-Z parent naming (2020+).