What is this name in any different language?

Question

What is Abi or Abigail in any different language? Someone once told me Abigail is Hebrew is this correct?

Answer 1

In Irish Abigail is Gobnait

Answer 2

She was a Hebrew.

1 Samuel 25

Abigail was the wife of Nabal. Nabal was rich but quite mean and surly in his dealings whereas Abigail was intelligent and beautiful.

Her intelligence and discernment saved her family from destruction (1 Samuel 25)  

Answer 3

Well, we don't have a name that correstonds to Abigail, but here it is written with cyrillic characters "Абигејл"

regards from Macedonia

Answer 4

The girl's name Abigail \a-bi-gail\ is pronounced AB-ih-gayl. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "father of exaltation". Biblical: the name of King David's third wife, described as "good in discretion and beautiful in form". She referred to herself as David's "handmaid", and her name became widely used as a term for a lady's maid. The name first came into use in Britain in the 16th century, under Puritan influence. Abbie, Abbey, and Abby are pet forms; Abegail is the Spanish form. Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams; advice columnist Abigail Van Buren.

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