Abigail (name)

Abigail is a female given name. The name comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל Avigail, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exultation", or "my father is joy").[1][2] It is also a surname.

For usage of the single name "Abigail", see Abigail (disambiguation).
Abigail
Pronunciation/ˈæbɪɡeɪl/ AB-i-gayl
GenderFemale
Language(s)Hebrew language
Other names
See alsoAbby, Abbie, Abbey, Abi, Gail, Gayle, Gale

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" (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
  • Gujarati: એબીગેઇલ (Ēbīgē'ila)
  • Haitian Creole: Abigayèl
  • Hawaiian: Apikalia, ʻApikaʻila
  • Hebrew: אביגיל, Avigail, אֲבִיגָיִל (ʾĂḇîḡáyil)
  • Hindi: सेविका (Sēvikā)
  • Hungarian: Abigél
  • Irish: Gobnait
  • Italian: Abigaille
  • Japanese: アビゲイル (Abigeiru)
  • Korean: 아비가일
  • Macedonian: Авигеја (Avigeja)
  • Maori: Apikaira
  • Mongolian: Ивээл (ᠢᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯ)
  • Nepali: अबीगेलले (Abīgēlalē)
  • Persian: آبیگل - ابیگیل - ابیگل
  • Portuguese: Abigail
  • Punjabi: ਅਬੀਗੈਲ (Abīgaila)
  • Russian: Авиге́я (Avigeya); used predominantly in biblical contexts[3]
  • Serbian: Абигејл (Abigejl) but in biblical context Ависага (Avisaga) is used
  • Somali: Abiigayil
  • Spanish: Abigaíl
  • Swahili: Abigaeli
  • Swedish: Abigail
  • Ukrainian: Абіґейл
  • Urdu: ابیگیل
  • Yiddish: אַביגאַיל
  • Yoruba: Ábígẹlì

People with the given name

Used as a pseudonym:

  • 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 (aka Numbuh 5), a character from the animated series Codename: Kids Next Door
  • 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 (St. 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 (TV series)
  • 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 Abigaëlle
  • 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

See also

References

Notes
  1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  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. Superanskaya, p. 250

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. ISBN 5-8112-1399-9
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