MEANING & HISTORY
What does Avigail mean?
Avigail is a Hebrew form in the Abigail name family. The dictionary explicitly records the Hebrew borrowing and its joy-related interpretation, while the editorial Abigail account checks the father and joy elements.
This explains a full Hebrew name rather than an English phrase assembled from Avi and Gail as separate modern names. Avigail and Abigail share a history while preserving different established Latin-letter forms. The reference to father is part of the old wording, not evidence about an individual bearer’s relationship with a particular parent.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Avigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”).
A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Abigail.
Wiktionary: Avigail (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Avigail in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Avigail
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Abigail♀My father is joy
- Gail♀Short form of Abigail
- Ava♀Eve variant; also Persian voice or sound
- Mikhail♂Russian form of Michael
- Avelina♀Spanish feminine of Avelino; also a Germanic diminutive
- Avelino♂From Saint Andrea Avellino’s Italian place-derived surname
What rhymes with Avigail?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Avigail further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Avigail (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — abigail (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Hebrew father+joy formation; Avigail corresponding Hebrew form.