Abigail (name)

Biblical figures

• Abigail is the wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Samuel, and is described as an intelligent, beautiful, loyal woman.
• Abigail is the mother of Amasa, the commander-in-chief of Absalom's army.

Translations

• Arabic: ابيجايل "Abigail", ابيغيل "Abighail"
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܒ݂ܝܼܓ݂ܸܠ ""
• Bengali: এবিগেল
• Biblical Greek: Abigaia
• Biblical Hebrew: אביגיל
• Bulgarian: Абигейл
• Catalan: Abigail
• Cantonese: 阿比基爾
• Chinese Simplified: 阿比盖尔
• Chinese Traditional: 艾比蓋兒
• Czech: Abigel
• Danish: Abigail, Abigael
• Dutch: Abigail,
• Ethiopian: Abigiya, አቢግያ
• Fijian: Apikali
• French: Abigaïl, Abigaël
• German: Abigail
• Greek: Άμπιγκεϊλ
• Gujarati: એબીગેઇલ
• Haitian Creole: Abigayèl
• Hawaiian: Apikalia, ʻApikaʻila
• Hebrew: אביגיל, Avigail / Abigail, אֲבִיגָיִל
• Hindi: अबीगैल
• Hungarian: Abigél
• Indonesian: Abigail
• Irish: Abigeál
• Italian: Abigaille
• Japanese: アビゲイル
• Korean: 애비게일
• Macedonian: Авигеја
• Maori: Apikaira
• Mongolian: Ивээл
• Nepali: अबीगेलले
• Persian: آبیگل - ابیگیل - ابیگل
• Polish: Abigeil
• Portuguese: Abigail
• Punjabi: ਅਬੀਗੈਲ
• Romanian: Abigaela
• Russian: Эбиге́йл or Авиге́я ; the latter used exclusively in biblical contexts
• Serbian: Абигејл but in biblical context Ависага is used
• Somali: Abiigayil
• Spanish: Abigaíl
• Swahili: Abigaeli
• Swedish: Abigail
• Turkish: Abigail, Avigayil
• Ukrainian: Абіґейл
• Urdu: ابیگیل
• Yiddish: אַביגאַיל
• Yoruba: Ábígẹlì

People with the given name

• Abigail Adams née Smith, First Lady of the United States to president John Adams
• Abigail Abbot Bailey, American memoirist
• Abigail Bauleke, American wheelchair basketball player
• Abigail Binay, Filipina politician
• Abigail Breslin, American actress
• Abigail Byskata, Finnish ice hockey player
• Abigail Camilleri, Maltese politician
• Abi Carter, American singer and musician
• Abbey Clancy, English model
• Abigail Conceição de Souza, Brazilian footballer
• Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
• Abigail Cowen, American actress
• Abigail Cruttenden, English television actress
• Abby Dahlkemper, American soccer player
• Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States, wife of President Millard Fillmore
• Abigail Folger, American heiress and murder victim
• Abigail Glen, English cricketer
• Abigail and Brittany Hensel, American conjoined twins
• Abigail Franks, Colonial-era New York City Jewish letter writer
• Abigael González Valencia, Mexican suspected drug lord
• Abigail Griffin, American politician
• Abbey Hsu, American basketball player
• Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa, Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa, Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawānanakoa, Hawaiian princess
• Abby Lee Miller, American dance instructor
• Abigail Maheha, Hawaiian princess
• Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, British baroness
• Abi Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter
• Abigail Morris, British arts administrator
• Abigail Morris (singer), British singer-songwriter
• Abigail Paduch, Australian judoka
• Abigail Rogan, aka Abigail (actress), Australian actress
• Abigail Rogers, American advocate for women's rights and women's education
• Abigail Rooney, American politician
• Abigail Seldin, American edtech entrepreneur
• Abigail Adams Smith, first-born child of John Adams, the former President of the United States
• Abigail Willis Tenney Smith, missionary to the Sandwich Islands; teacher
• Abigail Spanberger, American politician
• Abigail Spears, American tennis player
• Abigail Spencer, American actress
• Abigail Swann, American atmospheric scientist and ecologist
• Abigael Tarus, Kenyan volleyball player
• Abigail Tere-Apisah, Papua New Guinean tennis player
• Abigail Thorn, British actress and YouTuber
• Abi Titmuss, British actress
• Abigail Van Buren, pen name of Pauline Philips, pseudonymous author of the Dear Abby column
• Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey, American educator, publisher, editor
• Abigail Williams (Salem witch trials), a primary accuser in the Salem witch trials; portrayed in the Arthur Miller play ''The Crucible''

Fictional characters with the given name

• Abigail, a character in the South Korean action-comedy webtoon series Denma
• Abigail, a character in the Acts of Faith trilogy by T. Davis Bunn and Janette Oke, wife of Stephen
• Abigail, a boss villain character in the Final Fight series, and most recently a playable character in Street Fighter V.
• Abigail, the titular vampire character with the appearance of a 12-year-old girl in the 2024 horror comedy film Abigail
• Abby, a 12-year-old vampire character in the 2010 film Let Me In
• Abigaille, a character in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Nabucco
• Abigail, one of the characters available for marriage in farming simulation role-playing video game Stardew Valley
• Dark Priest Abigail, in the Bastard!! Japanese manga/anime series
• Mother Abagail, the personification of good in Stephen King's novel The Stand
• Princess Abigail, the haughty daughter of King Midas on the ABC television series, Once Upon a Time
• Abigail the Breeze Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
• Abigail Anderson, playable character in Naughty Dog's videogame The Last of Us Part II
• Abigail "Abby" Archer, the main protagonist in the Canadian animated television series Grossology
• Abbey Bartlet, the First Lady of the United States in the television drama The West Wing
• Abigail Bellweather, a character from the TV series Motherland: Fort Salem
• Abigail Bird, a supporting character in the 1976–2000 American comic strip Motley's Crew
• Abigail Brand, Special Agent, commanding officer of S.W.O.R.D., that deals with defending the Earth from extraterrestrial threats
• Abi Branning, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Abigail Brown, a character in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
• Abigail Callaghan, a minor character from the 2014 Disney 3D computer-animated film Big Hero 6
• Abigail Chase in National Treasure film franchise
• Abigail Deveraux, student in the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Abigail Dixon, a student in the Australian mockumentary Summer Heights High
• Abby Hammond, daughter character in the television series Santa Clarita Diet
• Abby Hatcher, the protagonist of the children's animated television series of the same name
• Abby Holland, DC Comics character
• Abigail Lincoln, one of the protagonists of the Cartoon Network animated television series Codename: Kids Next Door
• Abby Lockhart, medical doctor in the television drama ER
• Abby Maitland, zoologist in the British television series Primeval
• Abigail Mathers, a stranger and freaks character in Grand Theft Auto V
• Abigail Mills, character in Sleepy Hollow
• Abigail Murfitt, a character in the Paradise Barn novels, written by Victor Watson
• Abigail Pershing, formerly known as Abagail Merriwick, is a main character in the Hallmark Channel original series The Good Witch
• Abigail Roberts, the name of John Marston's wife in Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2
• Abigail Rook, protagonist of the Jackaby novel series
• Abigail Scanlan, one of the leads in the ABC Family movie Revenge of the Bridesmaids, played by Raven-Symoné
• Abby Sciuto, forensic scientist in the television drama NCIS
• Abigail Stevenson, in The Baby-sitters Club children's book series by Ann Martin
• Abigail Stone, a supporting Jewish character from the 2021 animated film Spirit Untamed
• Abigail Jane Stewart in Kristiana Gregory's The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart
• Abigail Stock, a supporting character in the British television series Skins
• Abigail Trant, a character from the 1991 film The Man in the Moon
• Abigail Williams, character in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns
• Abigail Zenobia, a daughter of Valentine Michael Smith and Anne in the 1961 science fiction novel ''Stranger in a Strange Land''

People with the surname

• Francis Abigail, Australian politician
• Peter Abigail, Australian army officer
• Robert Abigail, Dutch DJ