Avigail

Where Avigail comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Avigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Avigail
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #7,016 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2016
    Peak, #1,785
    116 babies named Avigail — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Abigail.
Namesakes

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