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From the Hebrew name אַבְנֵר (ʾAvner) meaning "my father is a light", derived from אָב meaning "father" and נֵר meaning "lamp, light". In the Old Testament, Abner was a cousin of Saul and the commander of his army.
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From an English surname that was originally derived from place names meaning "ash tree clearing", from a combination of Old English æsc and leah. Until the 1960s it was more commonly given to boys in the United States, but it is now most often used on girls.
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