Abbey - Meaning of Abbey

What does Abbey mean?

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[ 2 syll. ab-bey, abb-ey ] The baby girl name Abbey is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced AEB-iy- †. Abbey's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in English and Irish. See Abbey for more information.

In addition, Abbey is an English and Irish familiar form of the English, German, and Hebrew Abigail.

Abbey has 17 forms. Forms of the name include Aabbee, Abbe, Abbea, Abbee, Abbeigh, Abbi, Abbie, Abby, Abbye, Abea, Abee, Abeey, Abey, Abi, Abia, Abie, and Aby.

See also the related forms, the French Abelia and the name Abiann.

See also the related categories, english, hebrew, and irish.

Abbey is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1999, 0.036% of baby girls were named Abbey. It was #392 in rank then. The baby name has seen a steep decline in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. In 2018, within the family of girl names directly related to Abbey, Abigail was the most popular. In the last century Abbey has primarily been a baby girl name.

Baby names that sound like Abbey include Abbe, Abbea, Abbee, Abbi, Abbie, Abby, Abie, Aabbee, Aba, Abah, Abba, Abbeigh, Abbye, Abey, Abha, Abi, Afaaf, Afaf, Afya, and Aoif.

† Pronunciation for Abbey: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"