Meaning of Abbey
and the Origins of this baby name
Meaning  The name Abbey has the following meaning:
Derived from the Hebrew language, this name has the meaning "My Father is joyful". This biblical name was adopted by the Puritans and enjoyed vast popularity in the 18th century, before sinking into obscurity for a century. Afterwards, it was revived when old names became the fashion. Abigail is also an Old Testament character, who saved her husband from King David's wrath, and went on to marry King David after her husband's death.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity
As a baby girl name, Abbey is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 512 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Abbey fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 58 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 882 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Abbey in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names The following names are baby names related to Abbey and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Abbey: Boys - Abraham, Caleb, Elijah, Emmanuel, Gideon, Hyman, Jesus, Meir, Moses, Myer, Saul, Seth, Girls - Dara, Datya, Both genders - MatthewVariants The name Abbey is a variant of Abigail. Other popular variants of the name Abigail are: Abagail, Abbegale, Abbey (English), Abbie (English), Abbigail, Abby (English), Abbygale, Abbygayle, Abegale (Spanish), Abey, Abiagael, Abie, Abigale, Abigayle (English), Abygayle, AvagailStyle We think the name Abbey should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional girl namesImpression Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Abbey to be: A little conservative, but smart and affable girlIn one word, you might describe Abbey as a(n) " traditional" person. See other "traditional" names for girls. |
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