Gender Feminine
Usage English (Archaic)
Meaning & History
Diminutive of Abigail.
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Meaning & History
An Old Irish nickname that derives from the Original Gaelic Gobnait, Gobnait being the Irish version of the Hebrew Deborah meaning "honey bee".
Though the Old Irish diminutive Nabby is translated as "Cause of Joy" (Abigail), the beekeeper nun Abigail, was more commonly known as Deborah. She would use honey to heal: In traditional Irish (Celtic) culture, bees denotes similarly along with butterflies do, the departing soul.
In England the abbess Gobnait/Abigail is known as Deborah.Celtic folklore and religious symbolism, the soul departs from the body in the form of a bee or butterfly.
Though the Old Irish diminutive Nabby is translated as "Cause of Joy" (Abigail), the beekeeper nun Abigail, was more commonly known as Deborah. She would use honey to heal: In traditional Irish (Celtic) culture, bees denotes similarly along with butterflies do, the departing soul.
In England the abbess Gobnait/Abigail is known as Deborah.Celtic folklore and religious symbolism, the soul departs from the body in the form of a bee or butterfly.
