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What does Abigail mean?
Abigail 
as a girls' name is pronounced AB-ih-gayl. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Abigail is "father of exaltation". Biblical: the name of King David's third wife, described as "good in discretion and beautiful in form". She referred to herself as David's "handmaid", and her name became widely used as a term for a lady's maid. The name first came into use in Britain in the 16th century, under Puritan influence. Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams; advice columnist Abigail Van Buren.
STARTS WITH Abi-
ASSOCIATED WITH biblical, king (queen), good, beautiful, lady (noble), britain (england), 16th century, puritan
Variations
VARIANTS Abagael, Abagail▼, Abagale, Abageal, Abagil, Abaigael, Abba, Abbe, Abbee, Abbegail, Abbegale, Abbey▼, Abbi, Abbie▼, Abbigael, Abbigai, Abbigail▼, Abbigale, Abbigayle, Abby, Abbye, Abbygael, Abbygail▼, Abbygale, Abegail, Abegale, Abgail, Abi, Abigael, Abigal, Abigale▼, Abigall, Abigayl, Abigayle▼, Abigel, Abigil, Gael, Gail▼, Gaila, Gal, Gale▼, Gayel, Gayle▼
SEE ALSO Avichayil
MASCULINE FORM Gale
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Abigail?
Abigail is a very prominent first name for women (#520 out of 4276, Top 12%) but an uncommon surname for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Abigail reached its top position of #4 in the U.S. in the year 2005, and is presently at #11. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Abigail (#11 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) appearing in the Top 2000 are Abby (#475), Abbigail (#1368), Abbie (#1722), Abi, Gale, Gail, Abigayle, Abigale, Abagail, Abbygail, Abbe, Abbigayle, Abbigale, Abbi, Abbey and Gayle. Usage of these relations of Abigail was widespread among parents 2 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 1.1%) and is somewhat lower today (ADOPTION 0.6%, ▼41.9%), with forms like Abbey going out of style.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Abia, Abiah, Abichall (see Avichayil), Abida, Abijah, Abila, Abina, Abital, Abril, Aimil, Aipril, Angil, Anngil, Avigail, Avigayil (see Avichayil) and Avital. These names tend to be less frequently used than Abigail.
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