Abigail

Abigail derives from the Hebrew name Avigayil, composed of the elements av, meaning father, and gil, meaning rejoicing, giving the overall sense of my father is joy or my father rejoices. In the Hebrew Bible, Abigail is the name of the wise and beautiful wife of Nabal who later became one of the wives of King David, as recounted in the First Book of Samuel. The name was adopted widely in the English-speaking world after the Protestant Reformation, when biblical names came into strong fashion, and it remains in common use today. Spanish and French forms include Abigaíl and Abigaïl.