Abbey name popularity, meaning and origin

Name Popularity: 29%

Abbey name meaning:

Origin:

Diminutive of Abigail: 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.","Hebrew

Related names

Abigail , Abbey , Abbie , Abby , Abiageal, Gobinet, Gobnait, Gobnat, Gubnat

Other girls names beginning with A

Statistics

Overall UK ranking: 3899 out of 5493

5 recorded births last year

Change in rank

10yrs

-3298
5yrs

-2785
1yr

-1256

Regional popularity

Ranking for this name in various UK regions

Scotland (449)
North West England (1177)

Historical popularity of Abbey

The graph below shows the popularity of the girls's name Abbey from all the UK baby name statistics available. It's a quick easy way to see the trend for Abbey in 2022