Comments for ABIJAH:

It is Aviyah in it's original Hebrew form and was the name of the mother of Chizqi'yah ben Achaz.

-- arrowhead909  9/8/2005

No offense to anyone who has this, but it sounds like baby babble.

-- Anonymous User  7/30/2006

Abijah was the name of a son of Jeroboam, the first king of Israel. On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. The prophet, though blind with old age, knew the wife of Jeroboam as soon as she approached, and under a divine impulse he announced to her that inasmuch as in Abijah alone of all the house of Jeroboam there was found "some good thing toward the Lord," he only would come to his grave in peace. As his mother crossed the threshold of the door on her return, the youth died, and "all Israel mourned for him" (1 Kings 14:1-18).

-- Anonymous User  7/30/2007

The only nickname excluding Abi that I can think of is Bijah, and think about how that sounds. Not a nice name for a boy or girl!

-- spaz123  9/17/2007

I have a new nephew with this name as a middle name. I really like it. It's different and fresh with a nice meaning. At first the Hebrew names sound a little 'odd' I think, to modern ears, but they can be really pretty when they are pronounced properly. And as far as nicknames go- who says there has to be a nickname?

-- Anonymous User  3/1/2009

I don't know how the average American would take this as a name, so I don't think it'd be a great idea to name a child this in modern days (no matter how beautiful the name, people can be very mean if it isn't common or something they are used to) but since I'm Jewish and plan on giving my children Hebrew or Yiddish names, I'd definitely use this for either gender.

-- ema_kala  10/10/2009

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