abigail?

[driedapricots]

abigail is the only girls name i half like..and am still not convinced as i'm not sure i like Abi which it'll inevitably be shortened to. can you shorten abigail to Bea?
just praying this one's a boy!

How about Beatrice, nickname Bea instead.

I dont like Abi either and I dont think you could use Bea as that is definately from Beatrice.

what about Annabelle or if you like Bea just call her Bea? or Beau

I love Abigail.
Abby is a nicer spelling than Abi IMO.

i don't think Beatrice suits us as a family if that makes sense?!

If you add up all the spellings (Abbe,Abbey, Abby, Abbi, Abi,Abbie, Abie,Abbiegail, Abbigael,Abbigail, Abbigale,Abigael, Abigail, Abigale have all been used this this) it's one of the most popular names at the moment so it will probably look quite dated in 20 years.

Abigail is a lovely name I agree that Abi is the most likely nickname.

I am an Abigail, to most people I am Abi/Abs and variations of those (AbFab, Abster, AbbaBaJabba!!!), but my husband does sometimes call me 'B' - I love it, but don't wish for other people to call me by it as I like it just from DH. I am sure if you introduced your daughter as Bea, that's what she'd get called.

Abigail is a lovely name. Definately like Abby as a shortened version.

I have an Abigail, we call her Abbie, Abster, Shabby Abbie but mostly Abbie! But if you want her to be known as Bea I can't see why she shouldn't be.

Abigail's quite a classic name. The abi part means father and the gail part means joy, lively or gift. Good connotations. In the bible she left an arrogant first husband for David and was noted for her wisdom and lack of pretention.

When I read the name, I thought of the brave Abigail Witchalls, the Little Miss Sunshine actress, Abigail Masham.

Have read that the closest to the original in the bible was Abigayil. Other spellings include Abigale, Avigayil, Abigal, Abigayle, Abigael etc.
You probably already know all this though.

I prefer Abigail or Gail to Abi.