Abby

• Note: Some or all of these forms are for Abigail only, not Albert.
• Abbe
• Abbey
• Abbi
• Abbie
• Abi
• Abbee

• IPA^(key): /ˈæb.i/
• Rhymes: -æbi

Abby (plural Abbys)

1. A diminutive of the female given name Abigail, from Hebrew, also used as a formal given name.
   • 2002, Annie Proulx, That Old Ace in the Hole, →ISBN, page 81:

     "I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character.

2. A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.

A clipping of the word.

Abby

1. (nickname) The Abyssinian cat.

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• Abbey

From English Abby in the 20th century.

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Abby ?

1. (rare) a female given name

Borrowed from English Abby in the 20th century.

• IPA^(key): /a.bi/

Abby f

1. (rare) a female given name

• Les plus beaux prénoms classiques et modernes (Cantecler)

Borrowed from English Abby.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔabi/ [ˈʔaː.bɪ]
• Rhymes: -abi
• Syllabification: A‧bby

Abby (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒ)

1. a female given name from English