Do you know the meaning of the name Abigail?

Question

anyone knows?

Answer 1

I found this for you.

Abigail

Biblical: name (meaning “father of exaltation” in Hebrew) borne by one of King David's wives, who had earlier been married to Nabal (I Samuel 25: 3), and by the mother of Absalom's captain Amasa (2 Samuel 1: 25). The name was popular in the 17th century under Puritan influence. It was a common name in literature for a lady's maid, for example in Beaumont and Fletcher's play The Scornful Lady (1616), partly no doubt because the biblical Abigail refers to herself as “thy servant”. In Ireland this name has traditionally been used as an Anglicized form of Gobnait, although the reasons for this are not clear. Pet forms: English, Irish: Abbie, Abbey.

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Answer 2

From the Hebrew name אֲבִיגָיִל ('Avigayil) meaning "my father is joy".

Answer 3

a handmaiden to a lady

Answer 4

It is a Hebrew name meaning joy of the father.

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Answer 5

Abigail means "fountain of joy" or "her father's joy."  Here is an article that will tell you more specifics about the origin of Abigail, as well as info about popularity, name variants, etc.

http://wiki.name.com/en/Abigail

Answer 6

Father's Joy