Abigail (name)

Abigail
Pronunciation /ˈæbᵻɡeɪl/ AB-i-gayl
Gender Female
Language(s) Hebrew language
Other names
See also Abby, Abbie, Abbey, Abi, Gail, Gayle, Gale

Abigail is a female given name. The name comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל Avigail, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exultation", or "my father is joy").[1] This name has become popular in the U.S. in the 2000s.[2]

Abigail was the wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Samuel), and is described as an intelligent, beautiful, loyal woman. The name Abigail, Abagale or Abbigail can be shortened to "Abby", "Abbey", "Abbi", "Abbie", "Abbe", "Abi", "Abbye", "Abs", or "Aby", as well as "Gail" or "Gayle".

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People with the given name Abigail

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Notes

  1. ↑ from either the verbal root g-y-l "to rejoice" directly, or from the root noun gil "rejoicing, joy". Adele Berlin in: Carol L. Meyers, Toni Craven, Ross Shepard Kraemer (eds.), Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2000, p. 43
  2. ↑ "Top names of the period 2010 - 2016". Social Security (United States). 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Superanskaya, p. 250

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