Abigail?

[indiechick]

Thoughts please?

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...

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.

s'ok

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

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.

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.

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.

Abigail isn't a sur name is it. ?

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.

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!

x

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.