Abidnego as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Abidnego

What is the meaning of the name Abidnego ?

The baby name Abidnego is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced uh-BED-neh-go (IPA: /əˈbɛdnəɡoʊ/).

Abidnego is Hebrew in Origin.

Abidnego is a variant spelling of Abednego, the Babylonian name given in the Book of Daniel to one of the three youths saved from the fiery furnace. The form goes back to Akkadian Abd-Nabu, meaning "servant of Nabu (Nebo)," the Mesopotamian god of wisdom and writing. It passed through Hebrew (eved, "servant," with Nebo) and appears as -nego in the biblical text, likely a deliberate alteration of the theonym. Through the Greek Septuagint (Abdenago) and the Latin Vulgate, English settled on Abednego; Abidnego arises in some traditions as a phonetic or clerical variant.

Usage has been rare but persistent in English-language records from the 17th century, with greater visibility in African and Caribbean Christian communities that favor Old Testament names. Documented variants include Abednego, Abed-Nego, Abdenago, and Abednago; Bendigo is a colloquial English derivative. Across all forms, the meaning remains "servant of Nabu/Nebo," often generalized as devoted servant of God.

⚙ Abidnego is vanishingly rare. We count just 2 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 2 countries.