Abbey - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Abbey \a(b)-bey\, also used as boy's name Abbey, is a variant of Abigail (Hebrew), and the meaning of Abbey is "father of exaltation".

The baby name Abbey sounds like Abby, Abbee and Abbe. Other similar baby names are Abbye, Abbie, Abbi, Abba, Abeer, Abree, Adey, Addey, Ailey, Amey, Aimey, Alby, Alley, Aley, Aubrey, Aubry, Aubery, Debbey, Ebbe, Libbey, Jobey, Robbey, Rubey, Tabbey and Tobey.

Abbey is a very common first name for women (#1583 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#6457 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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