Names like Abigail
Abigail is a three-syllable Hebrew name that ends in -il. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same roots
Also Hebrew names, from the tradition Abigail comes from.
Hadassah Hebrew · myrtle tree; biblical name of Queen Esther
Keziah Hebrew · cassia, a spice tree; biblical daughter of Job
Keturah Hebrew · biblical name meaning 'incense' or 'fragrance'
Delila Hebrew · variant spelling of Delilah, traditionally 'delicate' or 'of the night', the biblical figure who betrayed Samson
The same feel
Also biblical and vintage revival names.
Sadie Hebrew · "princess," by way of Sarah, of which it began as a Victorian pet form; it went its own way more than a century ago and returned with the vintage revival, sweeter and spunkier than its stately mother name
Magdalene Hebrew · woman from Magdala
Hannah Hebrew · "grace, favor," from Channah, the mother who prayed for a child and gave the Bible one of its tenderest stories; a Puritan mainstay revived in the 1980s and 90s to the American top five. A palindrome, warm from either direction
Adah Hebrew · "ornament, adornment"
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2010s, the same decade as Abigail, on a similar curve.
Aliyah Hebrew · "ascent, to go up"
Mariah Hebrew · variant of Maria/Mary
Madalynn Hebrew · variant of Madeline, meaning woman from Magdala
Madelynn Hebrew · modern spelling variant of Madeline, from Magdalene ('of Magdala')
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