Abigail (name)
Abigail is a female given name. The name comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל Avigail, meaning "my father's joy". It is also a surname.
Abigail was the wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Samuel, and is described as an intelligent, beautiful, loyal woman. The name can be shortened to "Abbey", "Abby", "Abbi", "Abbie", "Abi", "Abs", or "Aby", as well as "Gail", "Gayle", or "Big Gail", among others.
Translations
- Arabic: ابيجايل "Abigail" ابيغيل "Abighail" .
- Bengali: এবিগেল
- Biblical Greek: Abigaia
- Biblical Hebrew: אביגיל
- Bulgarian: Абигейл
- Catalan: Abigail
- Cantonese: 阿比基爾
- Chinese Simplified: 阿比盖尔
- Chinese Traditional:艾比蓋兒
- Danish: Abigail, Abigael
- Dutch: Abigail, Abigaïl
- Fijian:Apikali
- French: Abigaïl, Abigaël
- German: Abigail
- Gujarati: એબીગેઇલ
- Haitian Creole: Abigayèl
- Hawaiian: Apikalia, ʻApikaʻila
- Hebrew: אביגיל, Avigail, אֲבִיגָיִל
- Hindi: सेविका
- Hungarian: Abigél
- Irish: Gobnait
- Italian: Abigaille
- Japanese: アビゲイル
- Korean: 아비가일
- Macedonian: Авигеја
- Maori: Apikaira
- Mongolian: Ивээл
- Nepali: अबीगेलले
- Persian: آبیگل - ابیگیل - ابیگل
- Portuguese: Abigail
- Punjabi: ਅਬੀਗੈਲ
- Russian: Авиге́я ; used predominantly in biblical contexts
- Serbian: Абигејл but in biblical context Ависага is used
- Somali: Abiigayil
- Spanish: Abigaíl
- Swahili: Abigaeli
- Swedish: Abigail
- Ukrainian: Абіґейл
- Urdu: ابیگیل
- Yiddish: אַביגאַיל
- Yoruba: Ábígẹlì
People with the given name
- Abigail Adams née Smith, First Lady of the United States to President John Adams
- Avigail Alfatov, Israeli national fencing champion, soldier, and Miss Israel 2014
- Abigail Binay, Filipina politician
- Abigail Breslin, American child actress
- Abbey Clancy, English model
- Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
- Abigail Cruttenden, English television actress
- Abigail Conceição de Souza, Brazilian footballer
- Abigail Fillmore née Powers, First Lady of the United States to President Millard Fillmore
- Abigail Folger, American heiress and murder victim
- Abigail and Brittany Hensel, American conjoined twins
- Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa, Hawaiian princess
- Abigail Franks, Colonial-era New York City Jewish woman and letter writer
- Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa, Hawaiian princess
- Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, Hawaiian princess
- Abigail Maheha, Hawaiian princess
- Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, British baroness
- Abigail aka Abigail Rogan, Australian actress
- Abigail Seldin, American edtech entrepreneur
- Abigail Adams Smith, first-born child of John Adams, President of the United States
- Abigail Spears, American tennis player
- Abigail Spencer, American actress
- Abigail Swann, American atmospheric scientist and ecologist
- Abi Titmuss, British actress
- Abigail Goodrich Whittlesey, American educator, publisher, editor
- Abigail Williams , a primary accuser in the Salem witch trials; portrayed in the Arthur Miller play The Crucible
- Abigail Rogers, American advocate for women's rights and women's education
- Abigael Hamilton, Norwegian author and fairy-tale collector
- Abigael Tarus, Kenyan volleyball player
- Abigael González Valencia, Mexican suspected drug lord
- Abigail Van Buren, pen name of Pauline Philips, pseudonymous author of the Dear Abby column
Fictional characters
- Abigail is a boss villain character in the Final Fight series, and most recently a playable character in the game Street Fighter V.
- Abigaille is the name of a character in Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco.
- Mother Abagail, the personification of good in Stephen King's novel The Stand
- Abigail Anderson, more frequently called Abby or Abs. is a playable character in Naughty Dog's videogame The Last of Us: Part II
- Abbey Bartlet, First Lady of the United States in American television series The West Wing
- Abigail Brand, Special Agent, commanding officer of S.W.O.R.D., that deals with defending the Earth from extraterrestrial threats
- Abby, 12-year-old vampire character in the 2010 film Let Me In.
- Abby Holland, DC Comics character
- Abigail Lincoln, a character from the animated series '
- Abby Lockhart, medical doctor in the American television series ER
- Abby Maitland, zoologist in the British television series Primeval
- Abby Sciuto, forensic scientist in the American television series NCIS
- Abigail Chase in National Treasure film franchise
- Abigail Deveraux, student in the American television soap opera Days of Our Lives
- Abigail Trant, a character from the 1991 film The Man in the Moon
- Abigail Stock, supporting character in the British television series Skins
- Abigail Williams, character in the American soap opera As the World Turns
- Abigail Bird, supporting character in the 1976–2000 American comic strip Motley's Crew
- Abigail Dixon, a student in the Australian mockumentary Summer Heights High who dies after overdosing on ecstasy
- Abigail Stevenson, in The Baby-sitters Club children's book series by Ann Martin
- Abigail Jane Stewart in Kristiana Gregory's The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
- Dark Priest Abigail, in the Bastard!! Japanese manga/anime series
- Abigail, a character in the Acts of Faith trilogy by T. Davis Bunn and Janette Oke, wife of Stephen
- Abigail Zenobia, a daughter of Valentine Michael Smith and Anne in the 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land
- Princess Abigail, the haughty daughter of King Midas on the T.V show, Once Upon A Time
- Abigail Mills, character in Sleepy Hollow
- Abi Branning, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Abigail, one of the characters available for marriage in the farming simulation role-playing video game Stardew Valley
- Abigail, the name given by Jacksepticeye to the Irresponsible Mom's daughter in Happy Wheels.
- Abigaëlle, a character from the 2014 film '
- Abby Archer, the main protagonist of the YTV cartoon Grossology
- Abby Hatcher, the eponymous protagonist of the Guru Studio cartoon Abby Hatcher
- Abigail the Wind Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
- Abigail Callaghan, a minor character from the Disney film Big Hero 6
People with the surname
- Francis Abigail, Australian politician
- Peter Abigail, Australian army officer
- Robert Abigail, Dutch DJ