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 [ 2 syll. ab-by, abb-y ] The girl name Abby is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced AEBiy KEY. Abby's origin is Hebrew, and its use, English and German. Abby is a pet form of the English and German Abigail. Abby is popular as a baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1950s. At the modest height of its usage in 2003, 0.102% of baby girls were named Abby. It was #163 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #259 with a usage of 0.064%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Abby, the English and German Abigail was the most popular. It was 11 times more widely used than Abby in 2008. Abby has in the last century been primarily given to girls. Baby names that sound like Abby include the English Abbe, the English and Irish Abbey, the English and Irish Abbie, 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 Abby: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
