Abigail?

[indiechick]

Thoughts please?

[noodlesoup]

It makes me think of servant too. Like in Jane Eyre when she talks about the abigails running about the house. I think that meaning comes from a wife of Davids or something. I like Abigail but not keen on Abi.

[LucaBella1]

I love it. It is my cousin's name and I would love to have called my dd it but my mum says: "We can't have two in the family".

Go for it, I would!

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[BalloonSlayer]

No, I meant, your child will always get called their whole name, ie "Abigail Jones," or "Abigail Smith" [or whatever] as it's the kind of name there will always be a couple of. (grammar . . . )

Not that I'd mind - my DCs do not have unusual names. But a lot of people post on here to find out how popular the name they have their eye on is.

[MaggieVirgo]

Abigail isn't a sur name is it. ?

[BalloonSlayer]

The "servant" bit came from the Victorian era when a certain type of servant was an Abigail. I think Abigails were the servants who helped the lady of the house get dressed.

I think it's a lovely name but they are ten a penny round our way, a definite surname-as-well name.

[tootyflooty]

quite a pretty name, but there are quite a few of these in my dc primary school and also the secondary, mainly shortened to Abbie. I Agree about the Gail bit, Abbie is a nicer name in its own right.

[MaggieVirgo]

Number 22 on the list might mean another in the school, or two others if it's a big school. And maybe one in ballet class OR another one living nearby but probably not both.

Even a name like Emily which was number one the year my dd was born I think, there aren't two in my dd's class. There isn't ONE Emily in her class, although there's an Emily in the year above.

I know when you are having your 1st baby, it can be quite hard to relate the position of a name on a list to how many you'd come across in real life.

And again, it depends. flora was quite common where I used to live, not even in the top 100 I don't think.

[puffylovett]

oh shame, i thought it was unusual. sounds like its grown in popularity then?

[dogofpoints]

s'ok

[sarahsyrup]

I like it. It's number 22 on the top 100 for 2008, so what does that mean, 1 in every class, not too bad.

[Scottie22]

I'm an Abigail and am a little gutted that it is so popular now!! I used to like being the only one when I was younger but on the plus side at least I don't have to spell it all the time these days!!! I'm nearly always Abi though unless I want to sound posh...

[BitOfFun]

I love it...but I've got one, so I'm biased

[Doozie]

Beautiful meaning, but I just don't like this name or the nn. Sorry!

[ninja]

Yes - I was definitely the only one I knew. I still turn round when people shout Abi

[LaDiDaDi]

I really like it.

[MaggieVirgo]

Abigail isn't underused!

[puffylovett]

Love it - it's currently competing with Holly for my top name for DC2 if it's a girl, due (yikes!) in a week or so

[sweetkitty]

I agree Ninja I don't remember any Abigail's when I was growing up either.

Old testament hebrew name meaning Fathers Joy

[ninja]

It's does mean Father's Joy (or Father Rejoiced) - it'sa certainly not 70's (I was born in 1970 and there certainly weren't many around then, I would have noticed). It's a great name and should be shortened to Abi

Can you tell I'm biased

[ninja]

It's does mean Father's Joy (or Father Rejoiced) - it'sa certainly not 70's (I was born in 1970 and there certainly weren't many around then, I would have noticed). It's a great name and should be shortened to Abi

Can you tell I'm biased

[gloomysue]

Boring.

[NeverLeapfrogOverAUnicorn]

If I'd had a girl I would have used it. I love that name. It's so beautiful, but not one of those cute little girl names that sound stupid on you when you get to 30!

[PinkTulips]

OOM... it means 'fathers joy' according to all my baby books

[oneopinionatedmother]

my neighburs kid is called Abi - nice name. My best mate at school to.... though i don't like that it means 'servant'

it is a name i associate with good people though.