Fun Facts About the Name Abagaile
- 15 babies named Abagaile: U.S. records list 15 babies given the name Abagaile from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Abagaile Mean?
Abagaile is a spelling variant of Abigail, an English name that comes from the Hebrew Avigayil (אֲבִיגַיִל). The Hebrew name is usually explained as a compound of av ("father") and gil ("joy"), giving the sense "my father is joy" or "father's joy." The first phrasing is closer to the component words; "father's joy" is the customary English gloss, not a separate etymology.
Abagaile Name History & Origins
The parent name Abigail appears in the Hebrew Bible in the story of David. Abigail is first the wife of Nabal and later becomes one of David's wives (1 Samuel 25). The biblical Hebrew form is Avigayil; Greek and Latin biblical forms lie behind the English spelling Abigail. By the seventeenth century, Abigail was established as an English given name, and it was one of the Old Testament names favored by Puritan families.
Abagaile is an English spelling of that same name, with a medial a and a final e that are orthographic variations rather than marks of a different origin. Related English spellings include Abigale and Abagail. In English literature, Abigail is the name of a waiting-maid in Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher's play The Scornful Lady, and the lowercase term abigail later came to mean a lady's maid. That association belongs to the history of Abigail, not to a separate history for the spelling Abagaile.
How Popular is the Name Abagaile?
Abagaile has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #13,391 in 1995.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | #17,646 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #15,795 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #13,391 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Abagaile Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.
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