Comments for the name Abigail

The wife of John Adams, and the mother of Louisa May Alcott were named Abigail.
In Charles Dickens's Our Mutual Friend, the innkeeper is also named Abigail, so it has become assosciated with the word "servant".

Abigail is the name of a doctor in "E.R.": Abigail "Abby" Lockhart. This is one of my favorite names for a girl (this is the name of my daughter).

Abigail Breslin is the sweet little actress who played Bo Hess in the movie "Signs."

Abigail is the daughter of the title character in Christopher Marlowe's "The Jew of Malta". In the beginning she helps her father in his intrigues but when she finds out about his involvement in her lover's death she converts to Christianity and enters a nunnery to atone for her sins (although her character is rather positive in this biting play, this act is probably ironic as Marlowe depicts the clergy as being extremely hypocritical).

In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Abigail Williams is a seventeen year old girl who, scorned by a married man with whom she has fallen in love, seeks to kill his wife and ultimately starts the Salem witch hunt.

Abigail Adams was a famous bearer as far as I am concerned.

Abigail Fillmore was a famous bearer too.

Mary Abigail Wambach, footballer, born 2nd June, 1980 in Rochester, New York.

The name of one of the characters in Verdi's great opera 'Nabucco' but with a final e added in the Italian version of the name.

Abigail Sciuto, a main character off of NCIS.

I fell in love with the name Abigail/Abbey when I started watching the West Wing and saw that the first lady's name was that. It just seemed like such an elegant name. She was Abigail in formal situations and Abbey at home with her husband, like Abigail Adams. Very pretty name.

Singer/songwriter Abigail Hopkins. Anthony Hopkins' Daughter.

Abigail "Abby" Lincoln or Numbuh 5 is a character on the cartoon Codename: Kids Next Door!

Abigail "Abby" Elliott (born 1987 in New York City) is an American actress and comedian.

Abigail Louise Johnston (born 1989 in Upper Arlington, Ohio) is an American diver.

This name has risen in popularity in equal measure to the decline of literacy. Please stop naming your daughters this people, and read The Crucible. Good Grief.