Comments on: Name of the Day: Abigail

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Fetching Names: Borrowed from the Beatles | Appellation Mountain — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:03:20 +0000

[...] of the most successful in a long string of successful recordings brings to mind the mega-popular Abigail, a Biblical good girl that shortens to Abby. Abbey Road is a real place, pictured on the iconic [...]

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By: Lucia

Lucia — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:12:02 +0000

I love abigail, since it’s Abby’s name on NCIS.

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Baby Name of the Day: Dov | Appellation Mountain — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:03:04 +0000

[...] choices – “Dov is Hebrew for bear” seems as sensible an explanation as “Abigail means ‘my father is joy’ in Hebrew.” Plus, his short, ends-in-v sound is edgy, [...]

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Sunday Summary: 6/19/11 | Appellation Mountain — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:12:25 +0000

[...] But mostly I was amazed at how consistently I heard the exact same names, over and over: Emma, Ava, Abby, Noah, Taylor, Alex, Jake, anything that ends in -aden. Nothing wrong with choosing a popular [...]

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Sunday Summary: 3/27/11 | Appellation Mountain — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:02:10 +0000

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By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:13:32 +0000

my best friend from childhood named her daughter Abigail and she goes by Abby. She’s about 14. Her sister is Maggie (don’t know if it’s short for anything) which I don’t like but does sound like a sister of Abby. By the way I changed my name legally also, years ago, and it was very difficult explaining to people. Especially since I changed my first and middle name and decided to use the middle name instead… And I cannot find the name change papers so I could not obtain another certified copy of my birth certificate. Now I wish I had chosen something else but I’m done with name changing.. my original name was Monique, which is supposed to be pronounced muh-NEEK (unstressed vowel in first syllable) as in French. But people say it mo-NEEK or worse, MO-neek and call you Mo or Monie (ick). As a kid I never liked it and was one of those kids who wanted a popular name.

By: SophieGray

SophieGray — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:02:19 +0000

I just fing Abigail a little ‘beige’. She is a lovely name – very sweet, whilst still respectable – but I too find her a little dull. Surprisingly, there are quite a few Abby / Abbie’s running around [most under 15 yrs], but fewer Abigails. I’ve known at least 5 or so Abby/Abbie’s in my life, but NEVER an Abigail. Weird, huh?

Anyway, like others, I find her a little dull too – hence the beige – so she isn’t for me.

Corinne — I grew up with twins named Emma-Lea & Danni-Elle. I just couldn’t see what was wrong with Emily & Danielle?!

By: Corinne

Corinne — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:58:36 +0000

I ADORE Abigail! To me the name is so very adorable, and doesn’t sound old at all. I first heard Abigail on NCIS, in the form of Abby Sciuto’s official forename, and fell in love with the name.

I prefer Abby to Abbie/Aby/Abi/Gail/Gayle/Gaile and really dislike all other spellings of Abigail.

My parents have a neighbour who’s daughters are Abbie-Gayle, Emmie-Leigh, and Izzie-Belle, and it’s the same case as Lyndsey mentioned, they think that it’s a first and last name thing, and their real surname, Giampaglio or something, is just something tacked on to the end, like “, Jr.” or “III”.

By: Emmy Jo

Emmy Jo — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:05:29 +0000

I love Abby/Abigail! I don’t think it’s at all dull. If it weren’t so popular right now, it would probably be at the top of my list.

I know what you mean about it not being quite as big a deal to have a popular name when it wasn’t so popular in your generation. I’m an Emily — when I was born, it was beginning to get popular, but I never had another Emily in my class. The only other Emily I knew was my friend’s little sister, and she was quite a few years younger than me. I think in my area, Emily’s popularity skyrocketed two years after I was born. I remember that in my eighth grade yearbook, I was the only 8th-grade Emily. There were no 7th-grade Emilys, but there were EIGHT Emilys in the 6th grade! If I had been born in this decade, I’d probably grow up hating my name and seeing it as way too common. As it is, though, I love it.