Abigail (name)

Abigail
Abigail in a stained glass window in the Church of Notre-Dame de Neuvizy
Pronunciation/ˈæbɪɡeɪl/ AB-i-gayl
GenderFemale
Language(s)Hebrew language
Origin
MeaningMy father's joy
Other names
See alsoAbby, Abbie, Abbey, Abi, Gail, Gayle, Gale

Abigail is a feminine given name. The name comes from the Biblical Hebrew name Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל ʾĂvî-Ghayil, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exulted" or "my father is joyful", among others).[1][2] It is also a surname.

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

Biblical name

  • Abigail was the wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Samuel, and is described as an intelligent, beautiful, loyal woman.
  • Abigail was the mother of Amasa, the commander-in-chief of Absalom's army (2 Samuel 17:25).[3]

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 / 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
  • Portuguese: Abigail
  • Punjabi: ਅਬੀਗੈਲ (Abīgaila)
  • Russian: Авиге́я (Avigeya); used predominantly in biblical contexts[4]
  • Serbian: Абигејл (Abigejl) but in biblical context Ависага (Avisaga) is used
  • Somali: Abiigayil
  • Spanish: Abigaíl
  • Swahili: Abigaeli
  • Swedish: Abigail
  • Turkish: Abigail, Avigayil
  • Ukrainian: Абіґейл
  • Urdu: ابیگیل
  • Yiddish: אַביגאַיל
  • Yoruba: Ábígẹlì

People with the given name

Fictional characters

  • Abigail, a character in the South Korean action-comedy webtoon series Denma
  • Abigail, a character in the Acts of Faith trilogy by T. Davis Bunn and Janette Oke, wife of Stephen (St. Stephen)
  • Abigail, a boss villain character in the Final Fight series, and most recently a playable character in Street Fighter V.
  • Abby, a 12-year-old vampire character in the 2010 film Let Me In
  • Abigaille, a character in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco
  • Abigail, one of the characters available for marriage in farming simulation role-playing video game Stardew Valley
  • Dark Priest Abigail, in the Bastard!! Japanese manga/anime series
  • Mother Abagail, the personification of good in Stephen King's novel The Stand
  • Princess Abigail, the haughty daughter of King Midas on the ABC television series, Once Upon A Time
  • Abigail the Breeze Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
  • Abigail Anderson (aka Abby or Abs), playable character in Naughty Dog's videogame The Last of Us Part II
  • Abigail "Abby" Archer, the main protagonist in the Canadian animated television series Grossology
  • Abbey Bartlet, the First Lady of the United States in the television drama The West Wing
  • Abigail Bellweather, a character from the TV series Motherland: Fort Salem
  • Abigail Bird, a supporting character in the 1976–2000 American comic strip Motley's Crew
  • 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 Callaghan, a minor character from the 2014 Disney 3D computer-animated film Big Hero 6
  • Abigail Chase in National Treasure film franchise
  • Abigail Deveraux, student in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
  • Abigail Dixon, a student in the Australian mockumentary Summer Heights High
  • Abby Hammond, daughter character in the television series Santa Clarita Diet
  • Abby Hatcher, the eponymous protagonist in the Nick Jr. animated television series Abby Hatcher
  • Abby Holland, DC Comics character
  • Abigail Lincoln (aka Numbuh 5), a female black character from the Cartoon Network animated television series Codename: Kids Next Door
  • Abby Lockhart, medical doctor in the television drama ER
  • Abby Maitland, zoologist in the British television series Primeval
  • Abigail Mills, character in Sleepy Hollow (TV series)
  • Abigail Pershing, formerly known as Abagail Merriwick, is a main character in the Hallmark Channel original series The Good Witch
  • Abigail Roberts, the name of John Marston's wife in Red Dead Redemption and RDR 2
  • Abigail Rook, protagonist of the Jackaby novel series
  • Abby Sciuto, forensic scientist in the television drama NCIS
  • Abigail Stevenson, in The Baby-sitters Club children's book series by Ann Martin
  • Abigail Stone, a supporting Jewish character from the 2021 animated film Spirit Untamed
  • Abigail Jane Stewart in Kristiana Gregory's The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
  • Abigail Stock, a supporting character in the British television series Skins
  • Abigail Trant, a character from the 1991 film The Man in the Moon
  • Abigail Williams, character in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns
  • Abigail Zenobia, a daughter of Valentine Michael Smith and Anne in the 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land

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. ^ Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abigail". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 32. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  4. ^ 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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