# Abigail (name)

Abigail is a feminine given name. The name comes from the Biblical Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל ʾĂḇīḡayīl, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exulted" or "my father is joyful", among others). It is also a surname.
The name can be shortened to "Abbey", "Abby", "Abbi", "Abbie", "Abi", "Abs", or "Aby", as well as "Gail", "Gayle", among others.

## Biblical name

* Abigail was the wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Samuel, and is described as an intelligent, beautiful, loyal woman.
* Abigail was the mother of Amasa, the commander-in-chief of Absalom's army (2 Samuel 17:25).

## Translations

* Arabic: ابيجايل "Abigail" (Egypt) ابيغيل "Abighail" (other Arab countries).
* Bengali: এবিগেল (Ēbigēla)
* Biblical Greek: Abigaia
* Biblical Hebrew: אביגיל
* Bulgarian: Абигейл
* Catalan: Abigail
* Cantonese: 阿比基爾 (aa$^3$ bei$^5$ gei$^1$ ji$^5$)
* Chinese Simplified: 阿比盖尔 (Ā bǐ gài ěr)
* Chinese Traditional: 艾比蓋兒
* Czech: Abigel
* Danish: Abigail, Abigael
* Dutch: Abigail, Abigaïl
* Fijian: Apikali
* French: Abigaïl, Abigaël
* German: Abigail
* Greek: Άμπιγκεϊλ (Ámpinkeïl)
* Gujarati: એબીગેઇલ (Ēbīgē'ila)
* Haitian Creole: Abigayèl
* Hawaiian: Apikalia, ʻApikaʻila
* Hebrew: אביגיל, Avigail / Abigail, אֲבִיגָיִל (ʾĂḇîḡáyil)
* Hindi: अबीगैल
* Hungarian: Abigél
* Indonesian: Abigail
* Irish: Abigeál
* Italian: Abigaille
* Japanese: アビゲイル (Abigeiru)
* Korean: 애비게일 (Aebigeil)
* Macedonian: Авигеја (Avigeja)
* Maori: Apikaira
* Mongolian: Ивээл (ᠢᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯ)
* Nepali: अबीगेलले (Abīgēlalē)
* Persian: آبیگل - ابیگیل - ابیگل
* Polish: Abigeil
* Portuguese: Abigail
* Punjabi: ਅਬੀਗੈਲ (Abīgaila)
* Romanian: Abigaela
* Russian: Эбиге́йл (Ebigeil) or Авиге́я (Avigeya); the latter used exclusively in biblical contexts
* Serbian: Абигејл (Abigejl) but in biblical context Ависага (Avisaga) is used
* Somali: Abiigayil
* Spanish: Abigaíl
* Swahili: Abigaeli
* Swedish: Abigail
* Turkish: Abigail, Avigayil
* Ukrainian: Абіґейл (Abigeil)
* Urdu: ابیگیل
* Yiddish: אַביגאַיל
* Yoruba: Ábígẹlì

## People with the given name

* Abigail Adams née Smith (1744–1818), First Lady of the United States to President John Adams
* Abigail Abbot Bailey (1746–1815), American memoirist
* Abigail Bauleke (born 2001), American wheelchair basketball player
* Abigail Binay (born 1975), Filipina politician
* Abigail Breslin (born 1996), American actress
* Abigail Byskata (born 2007), Finnish ice hockey player
* Abigail Camilleri, Maltese politician
* Abi Carter (born 2002), American singer and musician
* Abbey Clancy (born 1986), English model
* Abigail Conceição de Souza (1921–2007), Brazilian footballer
* Abbie Cornish (born 1982), Australian actress
* Abigail Cowen (born 1998), American actress
* Abigail Cruttenden (born 1969), English television actress
* Abby Dahlkemper (born 1993), American soccer player
* Abigail Fillmore née Powers (1798–1853), First Lady of the United States to President Millard Fillmore
* Abigail Folger (1943–1969), American heiress and murder victim
* Abigail Glen (born 2001), English cricketer
* Annette Abigael Hamilton (1806–1879), Norwegian author and fairy-tale collector
* Abigail and Brittany Hensel (born 1990), American conjoined twins
* Abigail Franks (c. 1696–1756), Colonial-era New York City Jewish woman and letter writer
* Abigael González Valencia (born 1972), Mexican suspected drug lord
* Abigail Griffin, American politician
* Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa (1882–1945), Hawaiian princess
* Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa (1903–1961), Hawaiian princess
* Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa (1926–2022), Hawaiian princess
* Abigail Maheha (1832–1861), Hawaiian princess
* Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (c.1670–1734), British baroness
* Abi Morgan (born 1968), Welsh playwright and screenwriter
* Abigail Morris (born 1964), British arts administrator
* Abigail Morris (born 1999), British singer-songwriter
* Abigail Paduch (born 2000), Australian judoka
* Abigail (actress), aka Abigail Rogan (born 1946), Australian actress
* Abigail Rogers, (1818–1869) American advocate for women's rights and women's education
* Abigail Seldin (born 1988), American edtech entrepreneur
* Abigail Adams Smith (1765–1813), first-born child of John Adams, the former President of the United States
* Abigail Smith
** Abigail Spanberger (born 1979), American politician
** Abigail Willis Tenney Smith (1809–1885), missionary to the Sandwich Islands; teacher
* Abigail Spears (born 1981), American tennis player
* Abigail Spencer (born 1981), American actress
* Abigail Swann, American atmospheric scientist and ecologist
* Abigael Tarus (born 1981), Kenyan volleyball player
* Abigail Thorn (born 1993), British actress and YouTuber who runs the channel "Philosophy Tube"
* Abi Titmuss (born 1976), British actress
* Abigail Van Buren, pen name of Pauline Philips, pseudonymous author of the Dear Abby column
* Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey (1788–1858), American educator, publisher, editor
* Abigail Williams (Salem witch trials) (1680–c.1697), a primary accuser in the Salem witch trials; portrayed in the Arthur Miller play The Crucible
* Madison Abigail Less (born 1998), American soccer player

### Fictional characters

* Abigail, a character in the South Korean action-comedy webtoon series Denma
* Abigail, a character in the Acts of Faith trilogy by T. Davis Bunn and Janette Oke, wife of Stephen (St. Stephen)
* Abigail, a boss villain character in the Final Fight series, and most recently a playable character in Street Fighter V.
* Abigail, the titular vampire character with the appearance of a 12-year-old girl in the 2024 horror comedy film Abigail
* Abby, a 12-year-old vampire character in the 2010 film Let Me In
* Abigaille, a character in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco
* Abigail, one of the characters available for marriage in farming simulation role-playing video game Stardew Valley
* Dark Priest Abigail, in the Bastard!! Japanese manga/anime series
* Mother Abagail, the personification of good in Stephen King's novel The Stand
* Princess Abigail, the haughty daughter of King Midas on the ABC television series, Once Upon a Time
* Abigail the Breeze Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
* Abigail Anderson (aka Abby or Abs), playable character in Naughty Dog's videogame The Last of Us Part II
* Abigail "Abby" Archer, the main protagonist in the Canadian animated television series Grossology
* Abbey Bartlet, the First Lady of the United States in the television drama The West Wing
* Abigail Bennett, one of the main protagonists in the 2019 short drama film Abigail
* Abigail Bellweather, a character from the TV series Motherland: Fort Salem
* Abigail Bird, a supporting character in the 1976–2000 American comic strip Motley's Crew
* Abigail Brand, Special Agent, commanding officer of S.W.O.R.D., that deals with defending the Earth from extraterrestrial threats
* Abi Branning, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
* Abigail Brown, a character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
* Abigail Callaghan, a minor character from the 2014 Disney 3D computer-animated film Big Hero 6
* Abigail Chase in National Treasure film franchise
* Abigail Deveraux, student in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
* Abigail Dixon, a student in the Australian mockumentary Summer Heights High
* Abby Hammond, daughter character in the television series Santa Clarita Diet
* Abby Hatcher, the eponymous protagonist in the Nick Jr. animated television series Abby Hatcher
* Abby Holland, DC Comics character
* Abigail Lincoln (aka Numbuh 5), a female black character from the Cartoon Network animated television series Codename: Kids Next Door
* Abby Lockhart, medical doctor in the television drama ER
* Abby Maitland, zoologist in the British television series Primeval
* Abigail Mathers, a stranger and freaks character in Grand Theft Auto V
* Abigail Mills, character in Sleepy Hollow
* Abigail Murfitt, a character in the Paradise Barn novels, written by Victor Watson
* Abigail Pershing, formerly known as Abagail Merriwick, is a main character in the Hallmark Channel original series The Good Witch
* Abigail Roberts, the name of John Marston's wife in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2
* Abigail Rook, protagonist of the Jackaby novel series
* Abigail Scanlan, one of the leads in the ABC Family movie Revenge of the Bridesmaids, played by Raven-Symoné
* Abby Sciuto, forensic scientist in the television drama NCIS
* Abigail Stevenson, in The Baby-sitters Club children's book series by Ann Martin
* Abigail Stone, a supporting Jewish character from the 2021 animated film Spirit Untamed
* Abigail Jane Stewart in Kristiana Gregory's The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
* Abigail Stock, a supporting character in the British television series Skins
* Abigail Trant, a character from the 1991 film The Man in the Moon
* Abigail Williams, character in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns
* Abigail Zenobia, a daughter of Valentine Michael Smith and Anne in the 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land

## People with the surname

* Francis Abigail (1840–1921), Australian politician
* Peter Abigail (born 1948), Australian army officer
* Robert Abigail (born 1980), Dutch DJ