Abigael

Name: Abigael: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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given name · Latin script

Meaning: Nom biblique d’origine hébraïque, issu de Abigail; signifie « mon père est joie »

Used for both men and women, depending on the country· national registers that list names by sex disagree

United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female
France (INSEE, 2024): listed as female
Norway (SSB): listed as female
Brazil (IBGE): listed under both sexes

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 31 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025

/aɓiɠɑel/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Abigael is a given name used for both men and women, depending on the country, written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.

rarermore common

KEKenya≈1 in 891(inferred from the name graph)
NGNigeria≈1 in 8.6K
PHPhilippines≈1 in 17K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Kenya (inferred from the name graph)
Record sources: 174 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 891 (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

recorded in French

Nom biblique d’origine hébraïque, issu de Abigail; signifie « mon père est joie ».

Cited for this meaning 1

Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Abigael counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Abigael is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
KE Kenya	#179	≈60,000 est.	≈1 in 891	—	Abigael	44
NG Nigeria	—	≈25,000 est.	≈1 in 8.6K	—	Abigael	35
PH Philippines	—	≈6,400 est.	≈1 in 17K	—	Abigael	63
CD Congo - Kinshasa	—	≈4,000 est.	≈1 in 25K	—	Abigael	11
TZ Tanzania	—	≈2,100 est.	≈1 in 27K	—	Abigael	12
US United States	—	2,038	1 in 163K	1.9K	Abigael	174
CM Cameroon	—	≈1,200 est.	≈1 in 24K	—	Abigael	5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

Abigael is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Spanish given name6 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Philippines, Mexico, Peru, United States
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese
Also written Abigaël, Abigaèl
Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Kenya, Nigeria
Languages: Indonesian, Malay
Also written Abigaèl, Abigaël
Danish given name6 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Philippines
Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Also written Abigaël
Hindi given name4 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Philippines, Kenya, United States
Languages: Hindi, Urdu
Also written Abigaël
a separate name3 spellings in the group
Also written Abigaël, Abigae͏̈l
French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire
Also written Abigaël

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name

Abigael Rodrigues Morcado-Valensab. 1880Holocaust victim (born 1880)
Abigael Heber Magnussønb. 1884NONorwegian actor
Abigael Vaz Diasb. 1908Holocaust victim (born 1908)
Abigael Bohórquezb. 1936MXMexican poet and playwright (1936–1995)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

InformalHi Abigael,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence

50 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 31 countries.

Official registers attesting Abigael
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	1.9K	#7,480
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	92	#7,480
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	22	—
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2004	5	—

Reference works 3

Wikipedia given-name tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Abigael?: A machine transcription gives /aɓiɠɑel/ (IPA) for Swahili.
Is Abigael a male or female name?: Abigael is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; France (INSEE, 2024): listed as female; Norway (SSB): listed as female; Brazil (IBGE): listed under both sexes. We don't publish a percentage split.
What does the name Abigael mean?: Recorded meaning: Nom biblique d’origine hébraïque, issu de Abigail; signifie « mon père est joie ».
In which country does Abigael have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 60 thousand people named Abigael in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled abigael.
How common is the name Abigael?: In the United States, the national register counted 2,038 people named Abigael in 2020, about 1 in 163 thousand residents.
How common is Abigael compared with other names?: In Kenya, Abigael is the 179th most common given name of 56,552 given names recorded there.

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Query this name via API

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The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-13 and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Abigael” — the 179th most common given name in Kenya. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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