Abigail

  • Girl
  • 7 letters
Biblical The father's joy
Hebrew Father rejoiced, or father's joy. Gives joy. The intelligent, beautiful Abigail was Old Testament King David's third wife, described as 'good in discretion and beautiful in form.' In the 1916 play The Scornful Lady, Abigail was a lady's maid.

Abigail is a girl’s name of Biblical and Hebrew origin. Meaning in Biblical: The father’s joy. Meaning in Hebrew: Father rejoiced, or father’s joy. Gives joy. The intelligent, beautiful Abigail was Old Testament King David’s third wife, described as ‘good in discretion and beautiful in form.’ In the 1916 play The Scornful Lady, Abigail was a lady’s maid. The name has 7 letters.

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