{{Other uses}} {{Distinguish|Abbey}} {{TOC right}} {{Infobox name | name = Abby | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|'|æ|b|i}} | gender = Unisex | language = English | languageorigin = English, Hebrew, Germanic | origin = Historically a nickname for Abigail or Albert | meaning = "My father is joyful" (Hebrew)<br />"Noble" and "Bright" (Germanic) | region = English-speaking world | variant = | related names = Abbey, Abbi, Abbie, Abigail, Albert, Aby, Abey, Abi, Abie, Gobnait (Irish), Abaigeal (Irish), Ailbhe (Irish) | footnotes = }}
'''Abby''' is a given name, most often a shortened form of Abigail or Albert.<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006" />
== Notable women == * Abby Binay (born 1975), Filipino politician * Abby Choi (1995–2023), Hongkonger celebrity and murder victim * Abby Cook (ice hockey) (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player * Abby Dalton (1932–2020), American actress * Abby Ellin, American author and journalist * Abby Elliott (born 1987), American actress and comedian * Abby Erceg (born 1989), New Zealand footballer * Abby Ershow, American nutritionist * Abby Ryder Fortson (born 2008), American actress * Abby Franquemont (born 1972), American textile crafts writer and lecturer * Abby and Brittany Hensel (born 1990), American conjoined twins * Abby Hoffman (born 1947), Canadian former middle-distance runner * Abby Hustler (born 2003), Canadian ice hockey player * Abby Johnson (activist) (born 1980), American anti-abortion activist * Abby Kasonik (born 1975), American painter * Abby Kelley (1811–1887), American abolitionist and radical social reformer * Abby Fisher Leavitt (1836–1897), American social reformer * Abby Martin (born 1984), American journalist * Abby Rockefeller Mauzé (1903–1976), American philanthropist, first child of Abby Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr. * Abby Meyers (born 1999), American basketball player * Abby Newhook (born 2003), Canadian ice hockey player * Abby Phillip (born 1988, American journalist * Abby Ringquist (born 1989), American ski jumper * Abby Roque (born 1997), American ice hockey player * Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874–1948), American socialite and philanthropist, wife of John D. Rockefeller Jr. * Abby Rockefeller (ecologist) (born 1943), American ecologist and feminist * Abby Sage, Canadian musician * Abby Stein (born 1991), American transgender activist and writer * Abby Steiner (born 1999), American sprinter * Abby Sunderland (born 1993), American sailor who attempted to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world * Abby Taylor (born 1985), Tobago politician * Abby Travis (born 1969), American musician * Abby Trott, American voice actress * Abby Wambach (born 1980), American retired soccer player and co * Abby Waner (born 1986), American basketball player * Abby Winterberger (born 2010), American freestyle skier * Abby Moon Zeciroski (born 1973), American mixed media artist
== Notable men == * Abby Altson (1866–1948), British artist * Abby Berlin (1907–1965), American film and TV director * Abby Jan Dharamsey, British politician * Abby Mann (1927–2008), American film writer and producer * Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga, Ugandan actor * Abby Singer (1917–2014), American production manager and assistant director * Abby V, Canadian singer and songwriter
== Fictional characters == * Abby (''Doctor Who''), in audio dramas based on the TV series ''Doctor Who'' * Abby Anderson, character in the 2020 video game, ''The Last of Us Part II'' * Abby Cadabby, on the television show ''Sesame Street'' * Abby Davies, on the soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Abby Deveraux, on the American soap opera ''Days of our Lives'' * Abby Hatcher, main protagonist of the eponymous 2018 animated children's program produced by Guru Studio * Abby Holland, a comic book character who exists in the DC Universe * Abby Lockhart, a medical doctor on the television series ''ER'' * Abby Maitland, on the ITV science-fiction drama ''Primeval'' * Abby Newman, on the American soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' * Abby Sciuto, a forensic scientist on the television series ''NCIS''
== See also == {{srt}}
== References == <references> <ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006">{{cite book | last = Hanks | first = Patrick | authorlink = Patrick Hanks | last2 = Hardcastle | first2 = Kate | last3 = Hodges | first3 = Flavia | title = A Dictionary of First Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | publication-place = Oxford, England | series = Oxford paperback reference | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-19-861060-1 | oclc = 67869278 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC | page = 37 | access-date = 20 November 2024 }}</ref> </references>
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