Meaning 
The name Abey 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, Abey is currently not a popular baby name in the USA. There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Abey for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Abigail, of which the name Abey is a variant.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Abey and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Abey: Boys - Abraham, Caleb, Elijah, Emmanuel, Gideon, Hyman, Jesus, Meir, Moses, Myer, Saul, Seth, Girls - Dara, Datya, Both genders - Matthew
Variants 
The name Abey 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, Avagail
Style 
We think the name Abey should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Abey to be: A little conservative, but smart and affable girlIn one word, you might describe Abey as a(n) " traditional" person. See other "traditional" names for girls.
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