Abigail (name)

Abigail is a feminine given name. The name comes from the ʾĂḇīḡayīl, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exulted" or "my father is joyful", among others). It is also a surname.

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

Translations

• Arabic: ابيجايل "Abigail" (Egypt), ابيغيل "Abighail" (other Arab countries)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܒ݂ܝܼܓ݂ܸܠ "(ʾaḇīḡil / Awigil)"
• 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
• Czech: Abigel
• Danish: Abigail, Abigael
• Dutch: Abigail,
• Ethiopian: Abigiya, አቢግያ
• Fijian: Apikali
• French: Abigaïl, Abigaël
• German: Abigail
• Greek: Άμπιγκεϊλ (Ámpigkeïl)
• Gujarati: એબીગેઇલ (ĒbÄ«gē'ila)
• Haitian Creole: Abigayèl
• Hawaiian: Apikalia, Ê»ApikaÊ»ila
• 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 (AbÄ«gēlalē)
• Persian: آبیگل - ابیگیل - ابیگل
• Polish: Abigeil
• Portuguese: Abigail
• Punjabi: ਅਬੀਗੈਲ (AbÄ«gaila)
• Romanian: Abigaela
• Russian: (Ebigeil) or (Avigeya); the latter used exclusively in biblical contexts
• Serbian: Абигејл (Abigejl) but in biblical context Ависага (Avisaga) is used
• Somali: Abiigayil
• Spanish: Abigaíl
• Swahili: Abigaeli
• Swedish: Abigail
• Turkish: Abigail, Avigayil
• Ukrainian: Абіґейл (Abigeil)
• Urdu: ابیگیل
• Yiddish: אַביגאַיל
• Yoruba: Ábígẹlì

People

• Abigail Adams née Smith (1744–1818), First Lady of the United States to president John Adams
• Abigail Abbot Bailey (1746–1815), American memoirist
• Abigail Bauleke (born 2001), American wheelchair basketball player
• Abigail Binay (born 1975), Filipina politician
• Abigail Breslin (born 1996), American actress
• Abigail Byskata (born 2007), Finnish ice hockey player
• Abigail Camilleri, Maltese politician
• Abi Carter (born 2002), American singer and musician
• Abbey Clancy (born 1986), English model
• Abigail Conceição de Souza (1921–2007), Brazilian footballer
• Abbie Cornish (born 1982), Australian actress
• Abigail Cowen (born 1998), American actress
• Abigail Cruttenden (born 1969), English television actress
• Abby Dahlkemper (born 1993), American soccer player
• Abigail Fillmore (1798–1853), First Lady of the United States, wife of President Millard Fillmore
• Abigail Folger (1943–1969), American heiress and murder victim
• Abigail Glen (born 2001), English cricketer
• Abigail and Brittany Hensel (born 1990), American conjoined twins
• Abigail Franks (c. 1696–1756), Colonial-era New York City Jewish letter writer
• Abigael González Valencia (born 1972), Mexican suspected drug lord
• Abigail Griffin, American politician
• Abbey Hsu (born 2001), American basketball player
• Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa (1882–1945), Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa (1903–1961), Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (1926–2022), Hawaiian princess
• Abby Lee Miller (born 1965), American dance instructor
• Abigail Maheha (1832–1861), Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (c.1670–1734), British baroness
• Abi Morgan (born 1968), Welsh playwright and screenwriter
• Abigail Morris (born 1964), British arts administrator
• Abigail Morris (singer) (born 1999), British singer-songwriter
• Abigail Paduch (born 2000), Australian judoka
• Abigail Rogan (born 1946), aka Abigail (actress), Australian actress
• Abigail Rogers, (1818–1869) American advocate for women's rights and women's education
• Abigail Rooney, American politician
• Abigail Seldin (born 1988), American edtech entrepreneur
• Abigail Adams Smith (1765–1813), first-born child of John Adams, the former President of the United States
• Abigail Willis Tenney Smith (1809–1885), missionary to the Sandwich Islands; teacher
• Abigail Spanberger (born 1979), American politician
• Abigail Spears (born 1981), American tennis player
• Abigail Spencer (born 1981), American actress
• Abigail Swann, American atmospheric scientist and ecologist
• Abigael Tarus (born 1981), Kenyan volleyball player
• Abigail Tere-Apisah (born 1992), Papua New Guinean tennis player
• Abigail Thorn (born 1993), British actress and YouTuber
• Abi Titmuss (born 1976), British actress
• Abigail Van Buren, pen name of Pauline Philips, pseudonymous author of the Dear Abby column
• Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey (1788–1858), American educator, publisher, editor
• Abigail Williams (Salem witch trials) (1680–c.1697), a primary accuser in the Salem witch trials; portrayed in the Arthur Miller play The Crucible

Biblical figures

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

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.
• Abigail, the titular vampire character with the appearance of a 12-year-old girl in the 2024 horror comedy film Abigail
• 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 '
• 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 Brown, a character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• 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 protagonist of the children's animated television series of the same name
• Abby Holland, DC Comics character
• Abby Lockhart, medical doctor in the television drama ER
• Abby Maitland, zoologist in the British television series Primeval
• Abigail Mathers, a stranger and freaks character in Grand Theft Auto V
• Abigail Mills, character in Sleepy Hollow
• Abigail Murfitt, a character in the Paradise Barn novels, written by Victor Watson
• 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 Red Dead Redemption 2
• Abigail Rook, protagonist of the Jackaby novel series
• Abigail Scanlan, one of the leads in the ABC Family movie Revenge of the Bridesmaids, played by Raven-Symoné
• 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