Avigail
Avigail is a Hebrew feminine given name, the native Hebrew spelling of "Abigail". Notable people with the name include:Avigail Alfatov, Israeli national fencing champion, soldier, and Miss Israel 2014 Avigail Sperber, Israeli cinematographer Avigail Kovari, Israeli singer, musician, and television and film actress Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk, Israeli singer, accordion player and researcher of…
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Avigail
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Avigail is a Hebrew feminine given name, the native Hebrew spelling of "Abigail". Notable people with the name include:Avigail Alfatov, Israeli national fencing champion, soldier, and Miss Israel 2014 Avigail Sperber, Israeli cinematographer Avigail Kovari, Israeli singer, musician, and television and film actress Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk, Israeli singer, accordion player and researcher of…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Avigail
American parents first put Avigail on the record books as a baby girl name in 1968, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 116 Avigails were born — ranking #1,785 that year. About 37% of every Avigail on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Avigail ranks #2,714 for baby girls with 63 births, falling sharply (-23%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Avigail
Avigail is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Avigail's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #1,785. Use the chart and map above to compare Avigail's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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