# Abby

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{{Infobox name
| name           = Abby
| image          = 
| image_size     = 
| caption        = 
| pronunciation  = {{IPAc-en|'|æ|b|i}}
| gender         = [Unisex](/source/Unisex_name)
| language       = [English](/source/English_language)
| languageorigin = [English](/source/English_language), [Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language), [Germanic](/source/Germanic_languages)
| origin         = Historically a nickname for [Abigail](/source/Abigail_(name)) or [Albert](/source/Albert_(given_name))
| meaning        = "My father is joyful" (Hebrew)<br />"Noble" and "Bright" (Germanic)
| region         = [English-speaking world](/source/English-speaking_world)
| variant        =
| related names  = [Abbey](/source/Abbey_(given_name)), [Abbi](/source/Abbi_(disambiguation)), [Abbie](/source/Abbie), [Abigail](/source/Abigail_(name)), [Albert](/source/Albert_(given_name)),  [Aby](/source/Aby_(name)), [Abey](/source/Abey_(name)), [Abi](/source/Abi_(disambiguation)), [Abie](/source/Abie_(disambiguation)), Gobnait (Irish), Abaigeal (Irish), Ailbhe (Irish)
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}}

'''Abby''' is a given name, most often a shortened form of [Abigail](/source/Abigail_(name)) or [Albert](/source/Albert_(given_name)).<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006" />

== Notable women ==
* [Abby Binay](/source/Abby_Binay) (born 1975), Filipino politician
* [Abby Choi](/source/Abby_Choi) (1995–2023), Hongkonger celebrity and murder victim
* [Abby Cook (ice hockey)](/source/Abby_Cook_(ice_hockey)) (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
* [Abby Dalton](/source/Abby_Dalton) (1932–2020), American actress
* [Abby Ellin](/source/Abby_Ellin), American author and journalist
* [Abby Elliott](/source/Abby_Elliott) (born 1987), American actress and comedian
* [Abby Erceg](/source/Abby_Erceg) (born 1989), New Zealand footballer
* [Abby Ershow](/source/Abby_Ershow), American nutritionist
* [Abby Ryder Fortson](/source/Abby_Ryder_Fortson) (born 2008), American actress
* [Abby Franquemont](/source/Abby_Franquemont) (born 1972), American textile crafts writer and lecturer
* [Abby and Brittany Hensel](/source/Abby_and_Brittany_Hensel) (born 1990), American conjoined twins
* [Abby Hoffman](/source/Abby_Hoffman) (born 1947), Canadian former middle-distance runner
* [Abby Hustler](/source/Abby_Hustler) (born 2003), Canadian ice hockey player
* [Abby Johnson (activist)](/source/Abby_Johnson_(activist)) (born 1980), American anti-abortion activist
* [Abby Kasonik](/source/Abby_Kasonik) (born 1975), American painter
* [Abby Kelley](/source/Abby_Kelley) (1811–1887), American abolitionist and radical social reformer
* [Abby Fisher Leavitt](/source/Abby_Fisher_Leavitt) (1836–1897), American social reformer
* [Abby Martin](/source/Abby_Martin) (born 1984), American journalist
* [Abby Rockefeller Mauzé](/source/Abby_Rockefeller_Mauz%C3%A9) (1903–1976), American philanthropist, first child of Abby Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr.
* [Abby Meyers](/source/Abby_Meyers) (born 1999), American basketball player
* [Abby Newhook](/source/Abby_Newhook) (born 2003), Canadian ice hockey player
* [Abby Phillip](/source/Abby_Phillip) (born 1988, American journalist
* [Abby Ringquist](/source/Abby_Ringquist) (born 1989), American ski jumper
* [Abby Roque](/source/Abby_Roque) (born 1997), American ice hockey player
* [Abby Aldrich Rockefeller](/source/Abby_Aldrich_Rockefeller) (1874–1948), American socialite and philanthropist, wife of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
* [Abby Rockefeller (ecologist)](/source/Abby_Rockefeller_(ecologist)) (born 1943), American ecologist and feminist
* [Abby Sage](/source/Abby_Sage), Canadian musician
* [Abby Stein](/source/Abby_Stein) (born 1991), American transgender activist and writer
* [Abby Steiner](/source/Abby_Steiner) (born 1999), American sprinter
* [Abby Sunderland](/source/Abby_Sunderland) (born 1993), American sailor who attempted to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world
* [Abby Taylor](/source/Abby_Taylor) (born 1985), Tobago politician
* [Abby Travis](/source/Abby_Travis) (born 1969), American musician
* [Abby Trott](/source/Abby_Trott), American voice actress
* [Abby Wambach](/source/Abby_Wambach) (born 1980), American retired soccer player and co
* [Abby Waner](/source/Abby_Waner) (born 1986), American basketball player
* [Abby Winterberger](/source/Abby_Winterberger) (born 2010), American freestyle skier
* [Abby Moon Zeciroski](/source/Abby_Moon_Zeciroski) (born 1973), American mixed media artist

== Notable men ==
* [Abby Altson](/source/Abbey_Altson) (1866–1948), British artist
* [Abby Berlin](/source/Abby_Berlin) (1907–1965), American film and TV director
* [Abby Jan Dharamsey](/source/Abby_Jan_Dharamsey), British politician
* [Abby Mann](/source/Abby_Mann) (1927–2008), American film writer and producer
* [Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga](/source/Abby_Mukiibi_Nkaaga), Ugandan actor
* [Abby Singer](/source/Abby_Singer) (1917–2014), American production manager and assistant director
* [Abby V](/source/Abby_V), Canadian singer and songwriter

== Fictional characters ==
* [Abby (''Doctor Who'')](/source/Abby_(Doctor_Who)), in audio dramas based on the TV series ''Doctor Who''
* [Abby Anderson](/source/Abby_(The_Last_of_Us)), character in the 2020 [video game](/source/video_game), ''[The Last of Us Part II](/source/The_Last_of_Us_Part_II)''
* [Abby Cadabby](/source/Abby_Cadabby), on the television show ''Sesame Street''
* [Abby Davies](/source/Abby_Davies), on the soap opera ''Hollyoaks''
* [Abby Deveraux](/source/Abby_Deveraux), on the American soap opera ''Days of our Lives''
* [Abby Hatcher](/source/Abby_Hatcher), main protagonist of the eponymous 2018 animated children's program produced by [Guru Studio](/source/Guru_Studio)
* [Abby Holland](/source/Abby_Holland), a comic book character who exists in the DC Universe
* [Abby Lockhart](/source/Abby_Lockhart), a medical doctor on the television series ''ER''
* [Abby Maitland](/source/Abby_Maitland), on the ITV science-fiction drama ''Primeval''
* [Abby Newman](/source/Abby_Newman), on the American soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''
* [Abby Sciuto](/source/Abby_Sciuto), a forensic scientist on the television series ''NCIS''

== See also ==
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== 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](/source/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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Category:English feminine given names
Category:Feminine given names
Category:Feminine hypocorisms

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