Meaning of the nameAbigail

Abigail is a feminine name of Hebrew origin meaning 'my father is joy', a biblical name formed from 'father' and 'joy'.

Meaning

“my father is joy”

Source: Behind the Name: Abigail · Wiktionary: Abigail

People (2022): 10,115
Rank in Brazil: #1,701
Median age: 43 years
2010 Census: 10,303; people

Abigail in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Abigail, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,416 people).

9,940 women 175 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Abigail is most common

States with the highest share of people named Abigail in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.008%
Rondônia 0.007%
São Paulo 0.006%
Maranhão 0.006%
Santa Catarina 0.006%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,795	0.006%
Minas Gerais	833	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	788	0.005%
Paraná	602	0.005%
Bahia	561	0.004%
Pará	450	0.006%
Santa Catarina	438	0.006%
Maranhão	420	0.006%
Rio Grande do Sul	413	0.004%
Pernambuco	408	0.005%
Amazonas	326	0.008%
Goiás	309	0.004%
Ceará	306	0.004%
Espírito Santo	181	0.005%
Mato Grosso	176	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	158	0.006%
Distrito Federal	140	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	117	0.004%
Piauí	112	0.003%
Paraíba	109	0.003%
Rondônia	102	0.007%
Alagoas	99	0.003%
Tocantins	75	0.005%
Roraima	57	0.009%
Sergipe	52	0.002%
Acre	45	0.005%
Amapá	43	0.006%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Abigail

Abigail comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגָיִל (Avigayil), formed from av, 'father', and gil, 'joy', according to Behind the Name; Wiktionary gives the literal sense as 'my father's joy' or 'source of joy'. In the Old Testament it is the name of the wife of Nabal, who later married David. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,115 people named Abigail, with a median age of 43. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Habigail as a spelling variant.

Sources

Behind the Name: Abigail · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Abigail · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Abigail (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Abigail · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Abigail

What does the name Abigail mean?

Abigail means “my father is joy”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Abigail in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,115 people with the first name Abigail, which ranks it number 1,701 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Abigail a boy's or a girl's name?

Abigail is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 9,940 women and 175 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Abigail?

Abigail is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Abigail most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.008% of the state's population is named Abigail (326 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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