Fun Facts About the Name Abbigayle
- More than 1 thousand babies named Abbigayle: U.S. records list 1,324 babies given the name Abbigayle from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Abbigayle Mean?
Abbigayle is an English spelling variant of Abigail, a Hebrew name meaning 'father's joy.' The Hebrew form is אֲבִיגַיִל (Avigayil), formed from the possessive אָבִי (avi), 'my father,' from אָב (av), 'father,' and a second element related to the root גיל (g-y-l), 'to rejoice' or 'joy.' The literal sense is closer to 'my father is joy'; 'father's joy' is the customary possessive rendering. The spelling Abbigayle is a later English respelling of the same name and does not point to a separate derivation.
Abbigayle Name History & Origins
The name Abigail comes from the Hebrew Bible. In the biblical book of 1 Samuel 25, Abigail is the wife of Nabal of Carmel; after Nabal's death she becomes a wife of David. English Bible translations used the form Abigail, and that spelling became the standard English form. By the 17th century Abigail was used as a given name in England and in English colonies in North America. The name also gave English the old common noun abigail, meaning a lady's maid, after a waiting-woman character in the early 17th-century play The Scornful Lady by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
Abbigayle is an English spelling variant of Abigail rather than a separate Hebrew or biblical form. Its doubled b and -gayle ending are features of modern English name spelling, in which familiar names are sometimes respelled for a distinctive look while remaining recognizable. The variant normally keeps the pronunciation of Abigail.
How Popular is the Name Abbigayle?
Abbigayle 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 2001. Its best rank was #1,968 in 2001.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #13,470 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #9,342 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #6,978 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #4,890 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #3,571 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2011 | #3,407 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 2010 | #2,781 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2009 | #2,704 | 67 | 0.0036% |
| 2008 | #2,802 | 64 | 0.0034% |
| 2007 | #2,327 | 82 | 0.0043% |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | 0.0036% |
| 2005 | #2,756 | 60 | 0.0032% |
| 2004 | #2,711 | 60 | 0.0033% |
| 2003 | #2,346 | 71 | 0.0039% |
| 2002 | #2,288 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2001 | #1,968 | 87 | 0.0048% |
| 2000 | #2,055 | 80 | 0.0044% |
| 1999 | #2,051 | 75 | 0.0042% |
| 1998 | #2,279 | 62 | 0.0035% |
| 1997 | #2,733 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1994 | #6,675 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #13,321 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #11,512 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #7,881 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #8,038 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #11,800 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #7,750 | 8 | 0.0005% |
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 Abbigayle 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 a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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