Abby
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- Abby is a shortened form of AbigailAbigail (name)Abigail is a female given name. The name comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל Avigail, meaning "father rejoice" or "father's joy"....
- Abby DaltonAbby DaltonAbby Dalton is an American actress.Born as Marlene Wasden in Las Vegas, Nevada, she has made numerous appearances on television, including the recurring role of "Julia Cumson" on Falcon Crest...
, an American actress - Abby Hoffman, a former Canadian track and field athlete
- Abbie HoffmanAbbie HoffmanAbbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ....
, American social and political activist - Abby JohnsonAbby Johnson (activist)Abby Johnson is an American pro-life activist. Johnson had previously worked a Planned Parenthood clinic director, but resigned in October 2009...
, American pro-life activist - Abby KelleyAbby KelleyAbby Kelley Foster was an American abolitionist and radical social reformer active from the 1830s to 1870s. She became a fundraiser, lecturer and committee organizer for the influential American Anti-Slavery Society, where she worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison and other radicals...
, an American abolitionist and radical social reformer - Abby Aldrich RockefellerAbby Aldrich RockefellerAbby Aldrich Rockefeller, , was a prominent socialite and philanthropist and the second-generation matriarch of the renowned Rockefeller family...
, a prominent socialite and philanthropist and the second-generation matriarch of the Rockefeller family - Abby Rockefeller MauzéAbby Rockefeller MauzéAbigail "Abby" Rockefeller Mauzé was the first child and only daughter of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. and Abigail "Abby" Greene Aldrich Rockefeller...
, the first child and only daughter of Abby Rockefeller and John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. - Abby SingerAbby SingerAbner E. "Abby" Singer worked as a production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s. His name has become famous in Hollywood as a phrase describing the second-to-last shot of the day as the "Abby Singer"....
, a production manager and assistant director in film between the 1950s and the 1980s - Abby SunderlandAbby SunderlandAbigail Jillian "Abby" Sunderland is an American sailor who, in 2010, attempted to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.-Early life:...
, a sailor who was rescued whilst trying to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world - Abby TravisAbby TravisAbby Travis is an American musician, songwriter, and performer. She is the daughter of Alice Travis Germond, the current Secretary of the Democratic National Committee and Emmy award winning cameraman Larry Travis.Abby Travis began her performance career in 1986 as the bassist in Los Angeles band...
, an American musician - Abby WambachAbby WambachMary Abigail "Abby" Wambach is an American professional soccer player, coach and Olympic gold medalist. A four-time winner of the U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award, she has been a regular on the U.S. women's national team since 2003...
, an Olympic medalist and professional soccer player. - Abby Winters, an Australian-based pornographic or erotic model
In fiction, media
- Abby, 12 year old vampire character in the movie "Let Me In".
- Abby CadabbyAbby CadabbyAbby Cadabby is a fictional three-year-old fairy-in-training who lives on Sesame Street. She made her debut in the first episode of Sesame Street’s 37th season, when she moved into the neighborhood and met some of the Street's residents. On the day of her debut, her wand broke; Big Bird told her to...
, a fictional character on TV show Sesame Street - Abby (film)Abby (film)Abby is a 1974 blaxploitation horror film about a woman who is possessed by an African sex spirit. The film starred William H. Marshall, best known for portraying the lead role in Blacula, Terry Carter, and Carol Speed as the title character...
, a 1974 blaxploitation/horror film about a woman who is possessed by an African demon - Abby Holland, a fictional comic book character who exists in the DC Universe
- Abby LockhartAbby LockhartDr. Abby Lockhart is a fictional medical doctor on the television series ER. She is portrayed by Maura Tierney...
, a fictional medical doctor in the television series ER - Abby Maitland, a fictional character in the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval
- Abby SciutoAbby SciutoAbigail "Abby" Sciuto is a fictional character from the NCIS television series by CBS Television, and is portrayed by Pauley Perrette. Like Jethro Gibbs, Anthony DiNozzo and Donald Mallard, Abby was first introduced in the episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" in the television show JAG, and has...
, a fictional forensic scientist in the television series NCIS - Abby the Cow, a fictional character in the Nickelodeon animated series, Back at the Barnyard
- Abby (TV series)Abby (TV series)Abby is an American sitcom shown on UPN from January 6, 2003 to March 4, 2003. The show's original title, Abby Walker, was soon changed.-Overview:...
, a 2003 television series starring Sydney Tamiia Poitier - Dear AbbyDear AbbyDear Abby is the name of the advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name Abigail Van Buren and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name....
, a syndicated personal advice column - Abby Newman, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the RestlessThe Young and the RestlessThe Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
- Abby DeverauxAbby DeverauxAbigail "Abby" Johanna Deveraux is a fictional character on the NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives. Abby was created by scriptwriter Sheri Anderson and executive producer Ken Corday. The role was originated by Meghan and Michael Nelson on October 19, 1992. Paige and Ryanne Kettner took over the...
, a character on the American soap opera Days of our LivesDays of our LivesDays of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
Other uses
- Tropical Storm Abby (disambiguation), the name used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, and three tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean
- ABBY, former book award of the American Booksellers AssociationAmerican Booksellers AssociationThe American Booksellers Association is a non-profit industryassociation founded in 1900 that promotes independent bookstores in the United States and Canada. The ABA and its members support freedom of speech, literacy, and programs that encourage reading...
, now called Book Sense Book of the YearBook Sense Book of the YearThe Indies Choice Book Award is an American literary award inaugurated at BookExpo America 2000...
. - Abby, name of a former interbank networkAbby (interbank network)Abby was the name of an interbank network connecting Hibernia National Bank's ATMs in Louisiana and Texas. It also offered banking free of ATM usage fees to several other credit union members. Since the merger of Hibernia with Capital One, the name "Abby ATM" is no longer used on promotional...
See also
- Abbey (disambiguation)Abbey (disambiguation)Abbey in itself denotes the Christian monastic community and its buildings, that is presided over by an abbot.Well-known fictional abbeys, not listed, include:* Redwall Abbey* Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey* Rabelais' Abbey of Thélème...
- ABBYYABBYYABBYY is a Russian software company, headquartered in Moscow, that provides optical character recognition, document capture and language software for both PC and mobile devices.-History:ABBYY was founded in 1989 by David Yang...
, an international software company - AbbotAbbotThe word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
, given name; 'Abbie' familiar may be used