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Abbigail

Abbigail means “my Fathers joy” (Hebrew origin). 12,159 US babies since 1940, peak 2009.

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What it means

“my Fathers joy”

HebrewSpelling of Abigail

In US birth records

Peak year: 2009

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12,159 US babies were named Abbigail between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Abbigail (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 38 Abigails spell it Abbigail

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Name twins (peaked around 2009)