Abby

Diminutive of Abigail, Hebrew

"my father is joyful"

Abby Origin and Meaning

The name Abby is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "my father is joyful".

Gently old-fashioned stand-alone nickname that owes its popularity to mega popular Abigail.

Abby Rank in US Top 1000

# 623 in the US

Abby Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1302 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Abby

• 623 US 2023
• 1302 Nameberry 2025
• 739 Future 2028
• 982 England 2017
• 264 Germany 2016
• 42 Dogs 2023
• 55 Cats 2022

20 Names Similar to Abby

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Abby.

• Allie
• Katie
• Becca
• Kelly
• Chelsea
• Hollie
• Lindsay
• Lindsey
• Jamie
• Katelyn
• Caitlyn
• Abbie
• Kristen
• Megan
• Carlie
• Maddie
• Allyson
• Khloe
• Makenzie
• Jessie

Famous People Named Abby

• Abigail "Abby" Van Buren pen name of American advice columnists Esther and Jeanne Phillips of "Dear Abby"
• Abigale "Abby" Lee Miller American choreographer and reality TV personality ("Dance Moms")
• Abby Imogen Mavers English actress
• Mary Abigail "Abby" Wambach American soccer player
• Abigail Loraine "Abby" Hensel American conjoined twin
• Abigail Suzanne "Abby" Martin American TV journalist
• Abby Dalton (born Marlene Wasden) American actress
• Abby Kelley Foster American abolitionist and reformer
• Abigail Greene "Abby" Aldrich Rockefeller American socialite and philanthropist
• Abigail Aldrich "Abby" Rockefeller Mauzé American philanthropist, daughter of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
• Abby May Erceg New Zealand football player
• Abby Travis American musician of The Go,Gos
• Abigail Susan "Abby" Eckstein American child model
• Abby Jones (b. 1997) daughter of baseball player Todd Jones
• Abby Carlisle (b. 2005) daughter basketball coach Rick Carlisle
• Abby Jane Johnson daughter of golfer Zach Johnson
• Abby Franke (b. 2007) daughter of YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke

The name Abby in Pop Culture

• Abby Cunningham character on TV's "Knot's Landing"
• Abby Cadabby Muppet character on TV's "Sesame Street"
• Abigail "Abby" Bennett Wilson character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
• Abby Janello character in movie "Bounce"
• Dr. Abigail Marjorie "Abby" Wyczenski Lockhart character on TV's "ER"
• Abigail "Abby" Sciuto character on TV's "NCIS"
• Abby character in movie "Let Me In"
• Abby Warner character in "The List" by Siobhan Vivian
• Abby Stafford character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
• Abby Griffin character on TV's "The 100"
• Abby Williams main character in 1974 film "Abby"
• Abigail "Abby" Arcane Cable Holland wife of Swamp Thing in DC Comics
• Abigail Sarah "Abby" Maitland character on British TV series "Primeval"
• Abby the Cow character on animated series, Back at the Barnyard
• Abby Newman main character on TV series "Abby"
• Abby Newman character on American soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Abigail "Abby" Deveraux character on American soap opera "Days of our Lives"
• Abby character in Disney's Chicken Little
• Abby Yates character in the 2016 "Ghostbusters" reboot film