Name meaning & stats
Avigail
Avigail means “my Fathers joy” (Hebrew origin). 2,217 US babies since 1940, peak 2016.
What it means
“my Fathers joy”
HebrewForm of Abigail
In US birth records
Peak year: 2016
2,217 US babies were named Avigail between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Avigail (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 74% of the family
- Avigail 74%
- Avigayil 22%
- Avagail 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2016)