Abbie

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Abbie is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name11K records spelled Abbie7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, United Kingdom, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Åbbie, Abbíè, Äbbïë

• Russian given name238 records spelled Abbie16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, United Kingdom, Russia

  Languages: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian

  Also written Abby, Abbey, Эбби, Abbi, Еббі

59 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.

Other recorded senses●

Abbie is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Pet form of pAbigail. Variants: Abbey, Abby.

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• 1 English: pet form of ABIGAIL , now used as an independent given name. 2 Irish: Anglicized form of GOBNAIT . Variant: Abbey . Top

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Rachel Lloydb. 1839USnot in their usual nameAmerican chemist (1839-1900)
• Abbie Lathropb. 1868USAmerican rodent breeder (1868–1918)
• Abbie Mitchellb. 1884USAmerican soprano opera singer (1884–1960)
• Abbie Hoffmanb. 1936USAmerican activist (1936–1989)
• Abbie Conantb. 1955USAmerican trombonist
• Abbie Betinisb. 1980USAmerican composer
• Abbie Cornishb. 1982AUAustralian actress (1982-)
• Abbie Cobbb. 1992USactress, author
• Abbie Myersb. 1994AUAustralian tennis player
• Abbie Woodb. 1999GBBritish female swimmer

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 564 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Abbie?

We estimate roughly 17 thousand people bear Abbie (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Abbie have the most bearers?

Abbie is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled abbie.

How common is Abbie compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Abbie is the 526th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Abbie a male or female name?

Abbie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Abbie mean?

Recorded meaning: From Abigail; also used as an independent name