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Female Name
Usage
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
English and German form of Abigael [1] [2]
Related Names
See Abigael
Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Abigail
|
Genitive: |
Abigails
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Abigail
|
Genitive: |
Abigailin
|
Partitive: |
Abigailia
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Abigail
|
Genitive: |
Abigails
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Abigail
|
Genitive: |
Abigails
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 21 people were named Abigail (percentage of first or only given name: 14 %) [4]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[5] |
|
421 |
689 |
421 |
689 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[6] |
|
154 |
n.a. |
154 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Finland[7] |
|
n.a. |
275 |
n.a. |
275 |
0 |
0 |
Iceland[8] |
|
13 |
15 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[9] |
|
3 |
9 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[10] |
|
226 |
n.a. |
226 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [5][6][10][7]
References
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no