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Girl · Hebrew, through English
Abby
Say it: AB-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Abigail, from Hebrew Avigayil, usually read as 'my father is joy'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Long a nickname for Abigail, it has been given independently in the US mainly since the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 59,640 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2003, about 1 in 892 girls
- 591 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Abbie, Abbey, Abbi
Famous bearers
- Abby Wambach, American soccer player
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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