Abi is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means “one with much refrain”, i.e. someone with much self-respect who refrains from doing base and purposeless actions. There is a similar word in Arabic that means “my father” and in English it can be spelled as Abi as well, the two are distinguished by emphasis: Abi, the name, has its emphasis on the second syllable (as in Abiyy), while Abi (“my father”) has the emphasis on the first syllable.