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I very much dislike this name. I won't say that I dislike it as much as I do Madison or McKenzie, because it does at least have a history, a tradition, it's Biblical, and it has an eighteenth-century flavor. So I guess I'd still rather see a little Abigail than a little Madison. Still, I really dislike it just because I think it's one of the ugliest names out there. Its present popularity mystifies me. Someone here suggested that Abigail was only popular because of the nickname Abby, but Abby to me is just as unattractive as Abigail.

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I've never known an Abigail.