Abigail (name)

Abigail is a feminine given name. The name comes from the ʾĂḇīḡayīl, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exulted" or "my father is joyful", among others).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 It is also a surname.

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

Translations

Arabic: ابيجايل "Abigail" (Egypt), ابيغيل "Abighail" (other Arab countries) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܒ݂ܝܼܓ݂ܸܠ "(ʾaḇīḡil / Awigil)" 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 Czech: Abigel Danish: Abigail, Abigael Dutch: Abigail, Ethiopian: Abigiya, አቢግያ Fijian: Apikali French: Abigaïl, Abigaël German: Abigail Greek: Άμπιγκεϊλ (Ámpigkeïl) 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 Polish: Abigeil Portuguese: Abigail Punjabi: ਅਬੀਗੈਲ (Abīgaila) Romanian: Abigaela Russian: (Ebigeil) or (Avigeya); the latter used exclusively in biblical contextsSuperanskaya, p. 250 Serbian: Абигејл (Abigejl) but in biblical context Ависага (Avisaga) is used Somali: Abiigayil Spanish: Abigaíl Swahili: Abigaeli Swedish: Abigail Turkish: Abigail, Avigayil Ukrainian: Абіґейл (Abigeil) Urdu: ابیگیل Yiddish: אַביגאַיל Yoruba: Ábígẹlì

People

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 (1798–1853), First Lady of the United States, wife of President Millard Fillmore Abigail Folger (1943–1969), American heiress and murder victim Abigail Glen (born 2001), English cricketer Abigail and Brittany Hensel (born 1990), American conjoined twins Abigail Franks (c. 1696–1756), Colonial-era New York City Jewish letter writer Abigael González Valencia (born 1972), Mexican suspected drug lord Abigail Griffin, American politician Abbey Hsu (born 2001), American basketball player Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa (1882–1945), Hawaiian princess Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa (1903–1961), Hawaiian princess Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (1926–2022), Hawaiian princess Abby Lee Miller (born 1965), American dance instructor Abigail Maheha (1832–1861), Hawaiian princess Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (c.1670–1734), British baroness Abi Morgan (born 1968), Welsh playwright and screenwriter Abigail Morris (arts administrator) (born 1964), British arts administrator Abigail Morris (singer) (born 1999), British singer-songwriter Abigail Paduch (born 2000), Australian judoka Abigail Rogan (born 1946), aka Abigail (actress), Australian actress Abigail Rogers, (1818–1869) American advocate for women's rights and women's education Abigail Rooney, American politician 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 Willis Tenney Smith (1809–1885), missionary to the Sandwich Islands; teacher 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 Tere-Apisah (born 1992), Papua New Guinean tennis player Abigail Thorn (born 1993), British actress and YouTuber 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 (1680–c.1697), a primary accuser in the Salem witch trials; portrayed in the Arthur Miller play The Crucible

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

Fictional characters Mother Abagail, the personification of good in Stephen King's novel The Stand Abbey Bartlet, the First Lady of the United States in the television drama The West Wing 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 Deveraux, student in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives Abby Holland, DC Comics character Abigail "Abby" Jensen, in the 2010 film 16 Wishes Abigail Lincoln, aka Numbuh 5 in the animated series Codename: Kids Next Door Abby Lockhart, medical doctor in the television drama ER Abby Maitland, zoologist in the British television series Primeval Abigail Roberts, the name of John Marston's wife in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2 Abigail Scanlan, one of the main protagonists in the ABC Family film, Revenge of the Bridesmaids, played by Raven-Symoné Abby Sciuto, forensic scientist in the television drama NCIS Abigail Stock, a supporting character in the British television series Skins Abigail Williams, character in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns Abigail the Breeze Fairy, from Rainbow Magic

People with the surname Francis Abigail (1840–1921), Australian politician Peter Abigail (born 1948), Australian army officer Robert Abigail (born 1980), Dutch DJ

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