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.

# 623 in the US

Abby Rank in US Top 1000

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Popularity of the name Abby

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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

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