Behind the Name: Comments for the name Abilene

Comments for ABILENE:

This name is actually quite pretty for a girl, maybe an alternative to Abigail with the nickname Abby.

-- Anonymous User 5/14/2006

This is also a title of a Sheryl Crow song: "Abilene", from her 2002 album C'Mon, C'Mon.

-- kanine 5/27/2006

This is also the name of a city in Texas.

-- Zinoviya 9/2/2006

In Spanish it's pronounced ah-bee-lehn-ay.

-- michi_vane 1/20/2007

Nicknames:
Abi, Lenny, or Leeni (pronounced Lee-Ne)

-- spaz123 9/17/2007

I first heard this name from the book: "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate Dicamillo. I loved her character and the sweetness about her, I immediately fell in love with this name.

-- marythenamefairy 9/27/2008

My family lived in Abilene, TX, and my father attended Abilene Christian College in the early 60's. The residents of Abilene, TX pronounce it AB-i-leen.

-- Anonymous User 12/23/2008

According to another site this name means "hazelnut".

-- Anonymous User 5/15/2010

Very sweet name, but I pronounce it ay-bill-leen. That's the only way I've ever heard it pronounced.

-- Anonymous User 1/30/2013

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