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[ 2 syll. ab-bey, abb-ey ] The girl name Abbey is also used as a boy name, though the use for girls is far more popular. It is pronounced AEBiy †. Abbey's language of origin is Hebrew. It is predominantly used in English and Irish. Abbey is a pet form of the English and German Abigail. See also the related form, the French Abelia. Abbey is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still a somewhat popular baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously. The name grew in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 1999, 0.036% of baby girls were named Abbey. It was #392 in rank then. The baby name has seen a decline in popularity since then. In 2009, it ranked at #882 with a usage of 0.015%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Abbey, Abigail was the most popular. It was 46 times more popular than Abbey in 2009. In the last century Abbey has primarily been a girl name. Baby names that sound like Abbey include the English Abbe, the name Abbea, the English and Irish Abbie, the English and German Abby, the name Abie, the Fante and Twi Aba, the English Abba, the name Abbeigh, the English Abbi, the English Abbye, the name Abee, the Indian Abha, the Scottish Abi, the name Aby, the Arabic Afaf, the name Affie, the name Avah, the name Avais, the name Avi, and the Spanish Chabi.
† Pronunciation for Abbey: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
