ABBY

"ABBY" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "my father who is joy".

Date "ABBY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

"ABBY" is a common misspelling or typo for: abbey, abbeys, ably, baby, cabby, gabby, tabby.

Abby, the girl on the beach was a setup (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe)

Yeah that dear Abby really knows what she's talking about (My Big Fat Greek Wedding; writing credit: Nia Vardalos)

Aunt Abby, how can I believe you (Arsenic and Old Lace; writing credit: Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa)

Abby, are you all right (Trapped; writing credit: Greg Iles)

That Abby, she's some gal. (Riding with Death; writing credit: Leslie Stevens; H.G. Wells)

Abby (1974)

Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story (1999)

I Hardly Knew Ya Abby (1995)

My Love Abby (1991)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Two Heads Are Better Than One (Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, 7) (reference)

• Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: The Woman in the Family (reference)

• The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword (Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, 6) (reference)

• Abby Malone (reference)

• Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining (Amazing Days of Abby Hayes, The, 1) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Abby Meador, a volunteer, takes an inventory of the trash collected at Ft. McHenry. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Watercolor painting of Wigeon (now known as American Wigeon) on water by Alabama artist William C. Morris, 781 Abby Way, Mobile, Alabama 36609. Morris also won the 1984 Alabama State waterfowl competition. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Russian 

эбби. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "ABBY": blabby, cabby, crabby, flabby, gabby, grabby, scabby, shabby, squabby, swabby, tabby. (additional references)

Words containing "ABBY": tabbying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"ABBY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aabb, Aaby, abbi, Abdy, Abf, aibbf, Alby, Arby, Asby, Babsy, Ebby, Habibie, Ibby, Jabbie, Nabbie. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: baby.

-1 letter: aby, bay.

-2 letters: ab, ay, ba, by, ya.

+1 letter: abbey, cabby, gabby, tabby.

+2 letters: abbacy, abbeys, batboy, blabby, crabby, flabby, grabby, scabby, shabby, swabby, wabbly, yabber.

+3 letters: abbotcy, babying, babyish, babysat, babysit, batboys, bobstay, brambly, buyable, buyback, crybaby, rabbity, squabby, yabbers.

+4 letters: babyhood, babysits, barberry, bayberry, beachboy, bearably, biddably, blackboy, blamably, bobstays, buybacks, crabbily, flabbily, nabobery, obeyable, probably, rabbitry, scabbily, scrabbly, shabbily, slabbery, syllabub, tabbying, yabbered.