Girl · Hebrew, through English pet forms
Nabby
Say it: NAB-ee
Meaning
Pet form of Abigail used in 18th-century New England.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A New England pet form recorded in letters and family records.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Abigail 'Nabby' Adams Smith, daughter of John Adams
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Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
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