Abby
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| name = Abby
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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|'|æ|b|i}}
| gender = Unisex
| language = English
| languageorigin = English, Hebrew, Germanic
| origin = Historically a nickname for Abigail or Albert
| meaning = "My father is joyful" (Hebrew)
"Noble" and "Bright" (Germanic)
| region = English-speaking world
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| related names = Abigail, Albert, Abbott, Abbot, Abraham, Abner, Aby, Abey, Abi, Abie, Gobnait (Irish), Abaigeal (Irish), Ailbhe (Irish)
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Abby or Abbie is a given name, most often a shortened form of Abigail and Albert.
Notable women
- Abbie Betinis (born 1980), American composer
- Abby Binay (born 1975), Filipino politician
- Abbie Boudreau (born 1979), American television news correspondent
- Abbie Farwell Brown (1871–1927), American author
- Abbie Brown (rugby union) (born 1996), British rugby sevens player
- Abbie Burgess (1839–1892), American lighthouse keeper
- Abby Choi (1995–2023), Hongkonger celebrity and murder victim
- Abby Cook (ice hockey) (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
- Abbie Cornett (born 1966), American politician
- Abbie Cornish (born 1982), Australian actress and rapper
- Abby Dalton (1932–2020), American actress
- Abbie Eaton (born 1992), British racing driver
- Abby Ellin, American author and journalist
- Abby Elliott (born 1987), American actress and comedian
- Abby Erceg (born 1989), New Zealand footballer
- Abby Ershow, American nutritionist
- Abbie Huston Evans (1881–1983), American poet and teacher
- Abby Franquemont (born 1972), American textile crafts writer and lecturer
- Abbie Park Ferguson (1837–1919), American founder and president of Huguenot College in South Africa
- Abbie M. Gannett (1845–1895), American essayist, poet and philanthropist
- Abby and Brittany Hensel (born 1990), American conjoined twins
- Abby Hoffman (born 1947), Canadian former middle-distance runner
- Abigail Johnson (born 1961), American businesswoman
- Abby Johnson (activist) (born 1980), American anti-abortion activist
- Abby Kelley (1811–1887), American abolitionist and radical social reformer
- Abbie E. Krebs-Wilkins (1842–1924), American businesswoman
- Abby Fisher Leavitt (1836–1897), American social reformer
- Abby Martin (born 1984), American journalist
- Abbie 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 soprano
- Abbie Myers (born 1994), Australian tennis player
- Abby Meyers (born 1999), American basketball player
- Abby Phillip (born 1988, American journalist
- Abby Ringquist (born 1989), American ski jumper
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874–1948), American socialite and philanthropist, wife of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- Abby Rockefeller (ecologist) (born 1943), American ecologist and feminist
- Abby Sage, Canadaian musician
- Abby Stein (born 1991), American transgender activist and writer
- Abby Steiner (born 1999), American sprinter
- Abby Sunderland (born 1993), American sailor who attempted to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world
- Abbie Sweetwine (1921–2009), American military nurse, founder of modern paramedic medicine
- Abby Taylor (born 1985), Tobago politician
- Abby Travis (born 1969), American musician
- Abby Trott, American voice actress
- Abby Wambach (born 1980), American retired soccer player and co
- Abby Moon Zeciroski (born 1973), American mixed media artist
Notable men
- Abby Altson (1866–1948), British artist
- Albert Brunies (1900–1978), American jazz cornetist nicknamed "Abbie"
- Abby Berlin (1907–1965), American film and TV director
- Abbie Cox (1902–1985), Canadian ice hockey player
- Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989), American social and political activist
- Abbie Johnson (1871–1960), Canadian-born Major League Baseball player
- Abby Mann (1927–2008), American film writer and producer
- Abbie Moore, Canadian ice hockey player
- Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga, Ugandan actor
- Abbie Newell (1897–1967), Canadian ice hockey player
- Abbie Rowe (1905–1967), American photographer
- Abbie Shaba (born 1958), Malawian politician
- Abbie Shadbolt (1887–1971), New Zealand rugby league player
- Abby Singer (1917–2014), film production manager and assistant director from the 1950s to the 1980s
- Abbie Wolanow, Israeli-born American soccer player in the early 1960s
Fictional characters
- Abbie, a character from the upcoming video game Mindwave
- Abby, a character from the horror comic series Witch Creek Road
- Abby (Doctor Who), in audio dramas based on the TV series Doctor Who
- Abby, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
- 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 Harmon
- Abby 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 Universe
- Abigail “Abby” Jenson, the main character in the 2010 film 16 Wishes
- Abby Littman, on the Netflix comedy-drama series Ginny & Georgia
- Abby Lockhart, a medical doctor on the television series ER
- Abby Maitland, on the ITV science-fiction drama Primeval
- Abby Mallard, character in the 2005 animated film Chicken Little
- Abby Martin, the antagonist in season 2 of the television series K.C. Undercover
- 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 (1937–1971)
- The title character of Abby, a 2003 television series starring Sydney Tamiia Poitier
- The title character of Abby (film), a 1974 blaxploitation/horror film about a woman possessed by an African demon
- Abby Schmidt, the sister of Mike Schmidt in the Five Nights at Freddy's film
See also
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References
{{reflist|refs=
| last = Hanks
| first = Patrick
| authorlink = Patrick Hanks
| last2 = Hardcastle
| first2 = Kate
| last3 = Hodges
| first3 = Flavia
| title = A Dictionary of First Names
| publisher = Oxford University Press
| publication-place = Oxford, England
| series = Oxford paperback reference
| year = 2006
| isbn = 978-0-19-861060-1
| oclc = 67869278
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC
| page = 37
| access-date = 20 November 2024
}}
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