Abigail (name) explained

Abigail
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	My father's joy
Language:	Hebrew language
See also:	Abby, Abbie, Abbey, Abi, Gail, Gayle, Gale

Abigail is a feminine given name. The name comes from the אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל ʾĂḇīḡayīl, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exulted" or "my father is joyful", among others).^{[1] [2]} It is also a surname.

The name can be shortened to "Abbey", "Abby", "Abbi", "Abbie", "Abi", "Abs", or "Aby", as well as "Gail", "Gayle", among others.

Biblical name

• Abigail was the wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Samuel, and is described as an intelligent, beautiful, loyal woman.
• Abigail was the mother of Amasa, the commander-in-chief of Absalom's army (2 Samuel 17:25).^[3]

Translations

• Arabic: ابيجايل "Abigail" (Egypt) ابيغيل "Abighail" (other Arab countries).
• Bengali: এবিগেল (Ēbigēla)
• Biblical Greek: Abigaia
• Biblical Hebrew: אביגיל
• Bulgarian: Абигейл
• Catalan: Abigail
• Cantonese: 阿比基爾 (aa³ bei⁵ gei¹ ji⁵)
• Chinese Simplified: 阿比盖尔 (Ā bǐ gài ěr)
• Chinese Traditional: 艾比蓋兒
• Danish: Abigail, Abigael
• Dutch: Abigail, Abigaïl
• Fijian: Apikali
• French: Abigaïl, Abigaël
• German: Abigail
• Greek: Άμπιγκεϊλ (Ámpinkeïl)
• Gujarati: એબીગેઇલ (Ēbīgē'ila)
• Haitian Creole: Abigayèl
• Hawaiian: Apikalia, ʻApikaʻila
• Hebrew: אביגיל, Avigail / Abigail, אֲבִיגָיִל (ʾĂḇîḡáyil)
• Hindi: अबीगैल
• Hungarian: Abigél
• Indonesian: Abigail
• Irish: Abigeál
• Italian: Abigaille
• Japanese: アビゲイル (Abigeiru)
• Korean: 애비게일 (Aebigeil)
• Macedonian: Авигеја (Avigeja)
• Maori: Apikaira
• Mongolian: Ивээл (ᠢᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯ)
• Nepali: अबीगेलले (Abīgēlalē)
• Persian: آبیگل - ابیگیل - ابیگل
• Portuguese: Abigail
• Punjabi: ਅਬੀਗੈਲ (Abīgaila)
• Romanian: Abigaela
• Russian: Russian: Авиге́я (Avigeya); used predominantly in biblical contexts^[4]
• Serbian: Абигејл (Abigejl) but in biblical context Ависага (Avisaga) is used
• Somali: Abiigayil
• Spanish: Abigaíl
• Swahili: Abigaeli
• Swedish: Abigail
• Turkish: Abigail, Avigayil
• Ukrainian: Абіґейл
• Urdu: ابیگیل
• Yiddish: אַביגאַיל
• Yoruba: Ábígẹlì

People with the given name

• Abigail Adams née Smith (1744–1818), First Lady of the United States to President John Adams
• Abigail Abbot Bailey (1746–1815), American memoirist
• Abigail Bauleke (born 2001), American wheelchair basketball player
• Abigail Binay (born 1975), Filipina politician
• Abigail Breslin (born 1996), American actress
• Abigail Byskata (born 2007), Finnish ice hockey player
• Abigail Camilleri, Maltese politician
• Abi Carter (born 2002), American singer and musician
• Abbey Clancy (born 1986), English model
• Abigail Conceição de Souza (1921–2007), Brazilian footballer
• Abbie Cornish (born 1982), Australian actress
• Abigail Cowen (born 1998), American actress
• Abigail Cruttenden (born 1969), English television actress
• Abby Dahlkemper (born 1993), American soccer player
• Abigail Fillmore née Powers (1798–1853), First Lady of the United States to President Millard Fillmore
• Abigail Folger (1943–1969), American heiress and murder victim
• Abigail Glen (born 2001), English cricketer
• Annette Abigael Hamilton (1806–1879), Norwegian author and fairy-tale collector
• Abigail and Brittany Hensel (born 1990), American conjoined twins
• Abigail Franks (c. 1696–1756), Colonial-era New York City Jewish woman and letter writer
• Abigael González Valencia (born 1972), Mexican suspected drug lord
• Abigail Griffin, American politician
• Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa (1882–1945), Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa (1903–1961), Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (1926–2022), Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Maheha (1832–1861), Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (c.1670–1734), British baroness
• Abi Morgan (born 1968), Welsh playwright and screenwriter
• Abigail Paduch (born 2000), Australian judoka
• Abigail (actress), aka Abigail Rogan (born 1946), Australian actress
• Abigail Rogers, (1818–1869) American advocate for women's rights and women's education
• Abigail Seldin (born 1988), American edtech entrepreneur
• Abigail Adams Smith (1765–1813), first-born child of John Adams, the former President of the United States
• Abigail Spanberger (born 1979), American politician
• Abigail Spears (born 1981), American tennis player
• Abigail Spencer (born 1981), American actress
• Abigail Swann, American atmospheric scientist and ecologist
• Abigael Tarus (born 1981), Kenyan volleyball player
• Abigail Thorn (born 1993), British actress and YouTuber who runs the channel "Philosophy Tube"
• Abi Titmuss (born 1976), British actress
• Abigail Van Buren, pen name of Pauline Philips, pseudonymous author of the Dear Abby column
• Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey (1788–1858), American educator, publisher, editor
• Abigail Williams (Salem witch trials) (1680–c.1697), a primary accuser in the Salem witch trials; portrayed in the Arthur Miller play The Crucible
• Madison Abigail Less (born 1998), American soccer player

Fictional characters

• Abigail, a character in the South Korean action-comedy webtoon series Denma
• Abigail, a character in the Acts of Faith trilogy by T. Davis Bunn and Janette Oke, wife of Stephen (St. Stephen)
• Abigail, a boss villain character in the Final Fight series, and most recently a playable character in Street Fighter V.
• Abby, a 12-year-old vampire character in the 2010 film Let Me In
• Abigaille, a character in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco
• Abigail, one of the characters available for marriage in farming simulation role-playing video game Stardew Valley
• Dark Priest Abigail, in the Bastard!! Japanese manga/anime series
• Mother Abagail, the personification of good in Stephen King's novel The Stand
• Princess Abigail, the haughty daughter of King Midas on the ABC television series, Once Upon A Time
• Abigail the Breeze Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
• Abigail Anderson (aka Abby or Abs), playable character in Naughty Dog's videogame The Last of Us Part II
• Abigail "Abby" Archer, the main protagonist in the Canadian animated television series Grossology
• Abbey Bartlet, the First Lady of the United States in the television drama The West Wing
• Abigail Bellweather, a character from the TV series
• Abigail Bird, a supporting character in the 1976–2000 American comic strip Motley's Crew
• Abigail Brand, Special Agent, commanding officer of S.W.O.R.D., that deals with defending the Earth from extraterrestrial threats
• Abi Branning, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Abigail Brown, a character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Abigail Callaghan, a minor character from the 2014 Disney 3D computer-animated film Big Hero 6
• Abigail Chase in National Treasure film franchise
• Abigail Deveraux, student in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Abigail Dixon, a student in the Australian mockumentary Summer Heights High
• Abby Hammond, daughter character in the television series Santa Clarita Diet
• Abby Hatcher, the eponymous protagonist in the Nick Jr. animated television series Abby Hatcher
• Abby Holland, DC Comics character
• Abigail Lincoln (aka Numbuh 5), a female black character from the Cartoon Network animated television series
• Abby Lockhart, medical doctor in the television drama ER
• Abby Maitland, zoologist in the British television series Primeval
• Abigail Mills, character in Sleepy Hollow (TV series)
• Abigail Pershing, formerly known as Abagail Merriwick, is a main character in the Hallmark Channel original series The Good Witch
• Abigail Roberts, the name of John Marston's wife in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2
• Abigail Rook, protagonist of the Jackaby novel series
• Abby Sciuto, forensic scientist in the television drama NCIS
• Abigail Stevenson, in The Baby-sitters Club children's book series by Ann Martin
• Abigail Stone, a supporting Jewish character from the 2021 animated film Spirit Untamed
• Abigail Jane Stewart in Kristiana Gregory's The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
• Abigail Stock, a supporting character in the British television series Skins
• Abigail Trant, a character from the 1991 film The Man in the Moon
• Abigail Williams, character in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns
• Abigail Zenobia, a daughter of Valentine Michael Smith and Anne in the 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land

People with the surname

• Francis Abigail (1840–1921), Australian politician
• Peter Abigail (born 1948), Australian army officer
• Robert Abigail (born 1980), Dutch DJ

See also

• • Gilla (disambiguation)
• Avigayil, an Israeli settlement

References

Sources

• А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Современный словарь личных имён: Сравнение. Происхождение. Написание" (Modern Dictionary of First Names: Comparison. Origins. Spelling). Айрис-пресс. Москва, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Book: Patrick Hanks

   . Hanks . Patrick . Patrick Hanks . Hardcastle . Kate . Hodges . Flavia . A Dictionary of First Names . . Oxford paperback reference . 2006 . 978-0-19-861060-1 . 2018-11-17 . 41.

2. 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
3. Encyclopedia: Dale H. . Hoiberg . Encyclopædia Britannica . Abigail . 15th . 2010 . Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. . I: A-ak Bayes . Chicago, IL . 978-1-59339-837-8 . 32 . registration .
4. Superanskaya, p. 250