Name: Abigail
Gender: Female
Usage: Abigail, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Abigail are in general originating from Belgium, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Abigail across the world, see Avigail.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Abigail is: Father in rejoicing, Source of joy.
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Numerology of the first name Abigail: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Abigail is ranked on the 834th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 662900 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.01% of the population. The name Abigail has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Abigail is a female given name. The name comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל Avigail, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father rejoices", or "my father is joy").
Abigail was the wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Samuel), and is described as an intelligent and beautiful woman.
The name Abigail can be shortened to "Abby", "Abbey", "Abbi", "Abbie", "Abbe", "Abi", "Abbye", or "Aby", as well as "Gail" or "Gayle."
Biblical: name (meaning ‘father of exaltation’ in Hebrew) borne by one of King David's wives, who had earlier been married to Nabal (I Samuel 25: 3), and by the mother of Absalom's captain Amasa (2 Samuel 1: 25). The name was popular in the 17th century under Puritan influence. It was a common name in literature for a lady's maid, for example in Beaumont and Fletcher's play The Scornful Lady (1616), partly no doubt because the biblical Abigail refers to herself as ‘thy servant’. In Ireland this name has traditionally been used as an Anglicized form of Gobnait, although the reasons for this are not clear.
Pet forms: English, Irish: Abbie, Abbey.
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