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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 KEY. 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 a somewhat popular baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1970s; 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. In 2008, it ranked at #822 with a usage of 0.017%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Abbey, the English and German Abigail was the most popular. It was 43 times more popular than Abbey in 2008. In the last century Abbey has primarily been a girl name. Baby names that sound like Abbey include the English Abbe, the English and Irish Abbie, the English and German Abby, the Fante and Twi Aba, the English Abba, the English Abbi, the English Abbye, the Indian Abha, the Scottish Abi, the Arabic Afaf, the name Avi, the Spanish Chabi, the Irish Eabha, the Irish Éabha, the English Ib, the Yoruban Ife, the Arabic Ihab, the English Ivey, the English Ivi, and the English Ivie. KEY: Pronunciation for Abbey: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
