Ahab

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Ahab

Gender: Masculine
Language: English
Etymology:
Ahab is from a Hebrew name meaning “uncle” or “father’s brother.”

History:
Ahab, never popular (although used a bit by 18th century American Puritans), never common, has become permantly associated with Captian Ahab, the obsessed whale boat captain in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. It is now highly rare and likely to remain so.

Pronunciation: ay-hab.

Famous Bearers:
Fictional Characters:
Captain Ahab
Fanatical sea captain in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.

Religious Figures:
Ahab
A king of Israel.