Abts

{{Infobox surname

| name = Abts

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| language = Dutch, German

| languageorigin = Old Saxon or Middle Dutch

| origin = abt

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| meaning = "abbot"

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| footnotes ={{cite book

| last = Germain

| first = Jean

| authorlink = :fr:Jean Germain (linguiste)

| last2 = Herbillon

| first2 = Jules

| authorlink2 = :fr:Jules Herbillon

| title = Dictionnaire des noms de famille en Wallonie et à Bruxelles

| language = fr

| publisher = Éditions Racine

| publication-place = Bruxelles

| year = 2007

| isbn = 978-2-87386-506-1

| oclc = 159955388

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4bYErd60g3YC&pg=PA124

| page = 124

| access-date = 2018-12-21

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Abts, a variation of the surname Abt, is an occupational surname of Dutch and German origin derived from the clerical title of abbot.{{cite book

| last = Hanks

| first = Patrick

| authorlink = Patrick Hanks

| title = Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set

| publisher = Oxford University Press

| publication-place = Oxford, UK

| year = 2003

| isbn = 978-0-19-508137-4

| oclc = 51655476

| volume = 1

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA5

| page = 5

| access-date = 2018-12-21

}}{{cite book

| last = van Osta

| first = Ward

| author-link = Ward van Osta

| title = Met naam en toenaam: voornamen, familienamen en bekende merknamen

| publisher = Garant

| publication-place = Antwerpen/Apeldoorn

| year = 2012

| isbn = 978-90-441-2931-1

| oclc = 803366714

| language = nl

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=I1pVe-I-5IkC&pg=PA70

| page = 70

| access-date = 2018-12-21

}} Notable people with the surname include:

• Matt Abts (born 1953), American drummer
• Tomma Abts (born 1967), German artist and abstract painter
• Wouter Abts, Flemish painter