Baby girl name spelling Which one?

[andpeggy1]

Abbey, Abby or Abbie

Which one is better?
Btw this will be their full name rather than a nickname for Abigail

I have an Abigail that's always been Abby.

No, it would be pronounced like the start of Abigail, which it is short for. (The same as abbey, but as many people have pointed out, that's a building not a name).

Abbie.

As others have said, Abbey is a word, and Abi looks shortened.

I had an Abbie in my class at school (and an 'Abi' that was Abigail), she had an argument with one of our teachers who kept calling her Abigail. Totally forgot about that memory until I read this thread!

Abbie.

And I think if you don’t want to put the full name Abigail on the BC, it’s perfectly fine. Everyone on here always goes on about “give them the full name and then they have a choice when they’re older.” They have a choice when they’re older anyway, they can call themselves whatever the heck they like, Bob, Burt, Barry, Beryl … regardless of whether they’ve officially got the name on a BC.

I have an Abby. Lovely.

I'm with you Abi should technically be pronounced like the start of Ape. It needs the double b to keep the Apple sound. That said Abigail only has one b, but could it be a name which doesn't have its roots in English?

Abbie I think looks slightly better to me but if they are arty they might like the y to make fancy.

Write them in various fonts with your surname and see which looks better.

As a shortening for Abigail I would spell it Abi or Abbie but I think if you are using it as a stand alone name I would go for Abby.

Whilst you can technically choose any long form/'grown up' name you like, it's much easier to use the one on your birth certificate. And that isn't entirely alien.

It was a very easy transition for me to start using my full name, and not incongruent to the people I knew. If I'd said I suddenly wanted to be called Beryl (or other 'grown up' name) it would have been a harder transition (for other people and me).

Abbie. I would put Abigail on BC though. Or Gabriella.

*Other options include: Abelone...?

Abelone?? That's a type of sea snail!

@ReviewingTheSituation I think you make a good point about the full name.

Two boys I went to school with later changed to a different version of their name Jamie to Jim although both officially James. I can only assume they drove the change. And I know an Andrew who became Andy as he got older.
I don't know as many girls who amended their name.

Apparently the Danish form of Apollonia