Abbey name - Meaning of Abbey

Abbey name - Meaning of Abbey

Gender

Masculine & Feminine

Lucky Number

8

Usage

English, Hebrew

Pronounced

AB-ee

Abbey Meaning

Diminutive of Abigail. Abby can have two meanings. In the Old Testament Abigail was the third wife of King David and was the epitome of both beauty and discretion, meanings that were later applied to the name itself. Also in middle English, the term Abby was used to describe a lay person who performed priestly services, and was generally taken by the leading person in that village.

Abbey Related Names
Variants: Abbi, Abbie, Abby, Gail, Gale, Gayle
Diminutives: Gayla, Gaila
Other Languages: Abigail (Biblical), Abigaia (Biblical Greek), 'Avigayil (Biblical Hebrew), Abigail (Biblical Latin), Abigail (German), Apikalia (Hawaiian), Avigail (Hebrew), Abi (Scottish), Abigaíl (Spanish)