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Abigail

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Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Source of Joy

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Girls Named Abigail

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Records indicate that at least 254,617 girls have been named Abigail since 1880 in the United States.

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User Comments about the name Abigail


  • Comment left Sep 01, 2010: "oi meu nome é abigail e adoro meu nome , não encontro muitas pessoas com esse nome mas tudo bem é maravilhoso ser unico o significada desse nome é mutivo de alegria e se eu fui um mutivo de alegria que bom espero sempre ser . e para aqueles que tem esse nome e não gosta envente um apelido bem legal ta e um grande beijo para todas as minhas charas .ha eu tenho 14 anos ." (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Aug 23, 2010: "i love abigail! i hate the name abby. its too popular! but im good with abs. and stuff like that!" (Report as inappropriate)

  • Comment left Aug 17, 2010: "My name is Abigail but I hate it when people call me that. It sounds to formal. My nickname is Abby (AHbee) and I love it:) I have never been called Gail, Gailey, Aggie, or anything other than Abby and Abs in my life! I reccomend this name to all young children!" (Report as inappropriate)

  • Comment left Jul 23, 2010: "its ok because i like the name but its not the best name i know" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Jul 13, 2010: "My names Abigail...But i mostly get called abi unless someone is angry with me then i get called abigail. I spell it abi...and don't like it spelt any other way....but i really want a nicknaame i can use on msn or somethingg...? x" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left May 11, 2010: "my name is Abigail Marie. I usally am called abbie but i used to hate it but now, i really like my full name abigail it makes me feel proud because not many people i know are named that. Plus everyone one i meet always says oh if i had a girl i would have named her Abigail! ps. i hate gail! do not call me that!" (Report as inappropriate)

  • Comment left May 04, 2010: "My name's Abee, I love spelling it like that. I guess I like being called Abigail now ang again... but it can be a bit annoying, and... I dunno, just feels to serious for me! I'm bubbly little Abee! :)" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Apr 25, 2010: "I love the name Abigail. My daughters name is Abigail but we spell it Abbigal. We call her Abbi for short. The name fits her perfectly." (Report as inappropriate)

  • Comment left Apr 14, 2010: "My daughter is named Abigael. No, I'm not misspelling it. :P Her full first name is Abigael-maria. I'm trying to figure out how many others have this same name spelled the same way." (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Apr 14, 2010: "My name is Abigail, but I go by Abby. Most people call me Abby, but I love my true name; it sounds graceful and beautiful! I was looking for variations of Abigail and I found 38 variations and 15 nicknames! :) My Hebrew name is Avigail; I love it too!" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Mar 11, 2010: "Our daughters name is Abigail. We've called her Abby since birth but once she got old enough to start school, she started calling herself Abigail because there was another Abby in her class and I actually like Abigail even better! Her nicknames have been Abby, Abs, and Babs. Her dad and I call her Crabby Abby sometimes on her highly emotional days! :o)" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Feb 09, 2010: "Hey my name is Abigail and nearly eveyone calls me Abby...but my close friends call me Abbs! I love my name and the meaning...But people do mispell it often!!!oh well its still awesome:)" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Jan 27, 2010: "Im Abigail but everyone knows me as Abi. NOT ABBY OR ABBEY lollll(: I think i wanna go by libby" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Jan 17, 2010: "my name is Abigail too. and I love my name so much. it's a biblical name actually, un bible Abigail is the third wife of king David. I've asked my mom where did she get her idea to named me Abigail.so she said about Abigail is from the bible. I'm proud of my name. really cool people used to call me ABii" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Dec 15, 2009: "my name is abigail and i love my name. alot of people call me abby with is ok" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Nov 23, 2009: "My youngest daughter is named Abigail and she is definitely an Abigail and not an Abby. She is very formidable, independent and persistant and the name suits her beautifully." (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Nov 18, 2009: "My name is Abigial and I really really like it because i think it goes with my red hair. Most poeple call me Abbie and I spell it ABBIE or ABBEE!!!" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Sep 10, 2009: "My name is Abigail and i love it <3 People usually call me Abbie =] They mispell abigail alot but i dont care alot .." (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left May 19, 2009: "I love this name if I have another daughter I will name her this I have Ansleigh and Adam already my name is Addie and dad is Adam, we really like A names" (Report as inappropriate)

    Comment left Feb 10, 2009: "My name is Abigail and, as others have said, is people always mispell my name. I've have things such as Abigale. It gets on my nerves but no matter what way anyone spells mine and other wonderful people called Abigail name, it always sounds great!" (Report as inappropriate)



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