Abagael

Abagail

Abagale

Abagil

Abaigeal

Abbagail

Abbe

Abbea

Abbee

Abbeigh

Abbey might sound exactly like the popular Abigail nickname Abby or Abbie, but spelled this way it is also a churchy word name with a Gothic feel. But hearing it, no one will know the difference.

Abbey

Abbi

Abbia

Abbiah

Abbie is a gently old-fashioned nickname name that owes its rising popularity to Top 10 Abigail. Abby may be the more usual spelling today.

Abbie

Abbiegail

Abbiegayle

Abbigael

A fast-rising variation of Abigail that was shooting up the popularity charts a few years ago, but whose star is now falling now that Abigail is not quite as hot as she once was.


Abbigail

Abbigal

Abbigale

Abbigayl

Abbigayle

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

Abby

Abbye

Abbygael

Abbygail

Abbygale

Abee

Abeey

Abegail

Abegale

Abey

Abgail

Abgale

Abgayle

Simple plus unusual is a winning combination. 

Abia

Abiah is a Biblical name that appears for both female and male figures. It may be considered the same as the name Abijah in the Bible; one female Abijah was a queen and ancestor of Christ. Abiah may also be considered a relative of the Arabic name Abia. However you spell or pronounce it -- a - BY -a or a - BEE - a -- this name can be an original way to the nickname Abi.

Abiah

Abichayil

Abie

Abigael

Abigaelle

Abigail has been in for so long -- the name has ranked in the US Top 100 since the late 1980s -- it's amazing that it isn't more out by now. But Abigail's biblical and historic roots make it a fashionable classic rather than a passing fad.

The name Abigail comes from the Hebrew name Avigail and is derived from the Hebrew elements ab, meaning "father," and g-y-l, meaning "to rejoice." In the Old Testament, Abigail was the wife of David, said to be beautiful, wise, and prophetic. 

Abigail was well-used for centuries but In the early 1800s, abigail became a slang term for a lady's maid, which led to a fall from favor. It was well on its way down by the time the US Social Security office began keeping records on baby name popularity in 1880, and by the early 1900s fell off the Top 1000 completely.

Abigail's resurgence was tied to the rediscovery of many old biblical names starting in the 1960s. Abigail was in the first wave of the Old Testament names that were revived then, including Hannah, Rebecca, and Rachel for girls, Joshua, Aaron, and Benjamin for boys.

Abigail has been the name of two of our First Ladies—three, if you count the character on The West Wing—and Abby has been the name of a host of television and movie characters in everything from Mad Men to The Lovely Bones.
 
If you like Abigail but want something fresher, you may consider such other biblical choices as Lydia and Priscilla or names popular in Revolutionary Era America that have been neglected in recent years, such as Susannah and Hester.

Abigail

Abigaile

Abigaill

Abigal

Abigale

Abigayil

Abigayl

Like many spelling variations, Abigayle sprang up during the recent heyday of the Biblical Abigail, ranking in the US Top 1000 from 1998 through 2008. Now its star has dimmed.

Abigayle

Abigel

Abigial

Abigil

Abigél

There are two Abihails in the Old Testament, but her similarity to Abigail is probably responsible for its being so little known or used.

Abihail

Abilgail

Abugail

Abya

Abyah

Abygail

Avichayil

Though Abigail has long been a very popular girls' name in the US, modern Hebrew form Avigail is rare here but among the Top 10 girls' names in Israel. 

Avigail

Avigayil

Avihail

alyshadragonfriend's list "Variations Of Abby And Abigail " of 66 great name ideas: Abagael - Avihail!

Variations Of Abby And Abigail 

All variations of the name Abigail and shorter form Abby that I can find. There are actually quite a few.