Abby
Not to be confused with
Abbey .
Abby Pronunciation Gender Unisex (mostly female)Language(s) English Language(s) English , Hebrew , Germanic Word/name Historically a nickname for Abigail or Albert Meaning "My father is joyful" (Hebrew) Region of origin English-speaking world Variant form(s) Related names Abigail , Albert , Abbott , Abbot , Abraham , Abner , Aby , Abey , Abi , Abie , Gobnait (Irish), Abaigeal (Irish), Ailbhe (Irish)
Abby or Abbie is a given name, most often a shortened form of Abigail and Albert .[ 1]
People
Women
Abbie Betinis (born 1980), American composerAbby Binay (born 1975), Filipino politicianAbbie Boudreau (born 1979), American television news correspondentAbbie Farwell Brown (1871–1927), American authorAbbie Brown (rugby union) (born 1996), British rugby sevens playerAbbie Burgess (1839–1892), American lighthouse keeperAbby Choi (1995–2023), Hongkonger celebrity and murder victimAbby Cook (ice hockey) (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey playerAbbie Cornett (born 1966), American politicianAbbie Cornish (born 1982), Australian actress and rapperAbby Dalton (1932–2020), American actressAbbie Eaton (born 1992), British racing driverAbby Ellin , American author and journalistAbby Elliott (born 1987), American actress and comedianAbby Erceg (born 1989), New Zealand footballerAbby Ershow , American nutritionistAbbie Huston Evans (1881–1983), American poet and teacherAbby Franquemont (born 1972), American textile crafts writer and lecturerAbbie Park Ferguson (1837–1919), American founder and president of Huguenot College in South AfricaAbbie M. Gannett (1845–1895), American essayist, poet and philanthropistAbby and Brittany Hensel (born 1990), American conjoined twinsAbby Hoffman (born 1947), Canadian former middle-distance runnerAbigail Johnson (born 1961), American businesswomanAbby Johnson (activist) (born 1980), American anti-abortion activistAbby Kelley (1811–1887), American abolitionist and radical social reformerAbbie E. Krebs-Wilkins (1842–1924), American businesswomanAbby Fisher Leavitt (1836–1897), American social reformerAbby Martin (born 1984), American journalistAbbie K. Mason (1861–1908), Black American suffragist.Abby Rockefeller Mauzé (1903–1976), American philanthropist, first child of Abby Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr.Abbie Mitchell (1884–1960), African-American operatic sopranoAbbie Myers (born 1994), Australian tennis playerAbby Meyers (born 1999), American basketball playerAbby Phillip (born 1988, American journalistAbby Ringquist (born 1989), American ski jumperAbby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874–1948), American socialite and philanthropist, wife of John D. Rockefeller Jr.Abby Rockefeller (ecologist) (born 1943), American ecologist and feministAbby Stein (born 1991), American transgender activist and writerAbby Steiner (born 1999), American sprinterAbby Sunderland (born 1993), American sailor who attempted to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the worldAbbie Sweetwine (1921–2009), American military nurse, founder of modern paramedic medicineAbby Taylor (born 1985), Tobago politicianAbby Travis (born 1969), American musicianAbby Trott , American voice actressAbby Wambach (born 1980), American retired soccer player and coAbby Moon Zeciroski (born 1973), American mixed media artist
Men
Abby Altson (1866–1948), British artistAlbert Brunies (1900–1978), American jazz cornetist nicknamed "Abbie"Abby Berlin (1907–1965), American film and TV directorAbbie Cox (1902–1985), Canadian ice hockey playerAbbie Hoffman (1936–1989), American social and political activistAbbie Johnson (1871–1960), Canadian-born Major League Baseball playerAbby Mann (1927–2008), American film writer and producerAbbie Moore , Canadian ice hockey playerAbby Mukiibi Nkaaga , Ugandan actorAbbie Newell (1897–1967), Canadian ice hockey playerAbbie Rowe (1905–1967), American photographerAbbie Shaba (born 1958), Malawian politicianAbbie Shadbolt (1887–1971), New Zealand rugby league playerAbby Singer (1917–2014), film production manager and assistant director from the 1950s to the 1980sAbbey Simon (1920–2019), American musicianAbbie Wolanow , Israeli-born American soccer player in the early 1960s
Fictional characters
Abby (Doctor Who ) , in audio dramas based on the TV series Doctor Who Abigail "Abby" Anderson , character in the 2020 video game , The Last of Us Part II Abby Archer, main protagonist of the 2006 YTV animated program Grossology
Abigail Van Buren, pen name used for the Dear Abby syndicated personal advice column
Abigail "Abby" Cadabby , on the television show Sesame Street Abbie Carmichael , on the television show Law & Order , played by Angie HarmonAbby Davies , on the soap opera Hollyoaks Abby Deveraux , on the American soap opera Days of our Lives Abby Hatcher , main protagonist of the eponymous 2018 animated children's program produced by Guru Studio Abby Holland , a fictional comic book character who exists in the DC UniverseAbigail “Abby” Jenson, the main character in the 2010 film 16 Wishes
Abby Lockhart , a medical doctor on the television series ER Abby Maitland , on the ITV science-fiction drama Primeval Abby Newman , on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless Abby Sciuto , a forensic scientist on the television series NCIS Abigail "Abbie" Scrapple, in the American comic strip Abbie an' Slats
The title character of Abby
The title character of Abby (film)
Abby Schmidt, the sister of Mike Schmidt in Five Nights at Freddy's (film)
See also
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