The Hebrew name Abiyah (אֲבִיָּה, also spelled Abijah) combines ab (H1, father) and the divine name Yah (a shortened form of YHWH), meaning "My father is Yahweh" or "Yahweh is my father." It was borne by multiple significant figures in Scripture: Abijah the son of Rehoboam, king of Judah (1 Kings 14:31); the son of Samuel (1 Samuel 8:2); and Abijah the priestly division (Luke 1:5 — the division to which Zechariah belonged, father of John the Baptist).
The name Abiyah represents a bold confession: not merely El (the generic divine), but YHWH — the covenant God — is my father. This is the Israelite's deepest identity claim. The priestly division of Abijah (1 Chronicles 24:10) became the womb of John the Baptist's father — meaning the forerunner of Jesus came from a line whose very name declared "Yahweh is father." When Gabriel announces to Zechariah in the temple, the name of the priestly division he was serving (Abijah) is itself a theological commentary: the priest whose name meant "YHWH is father" received the news about the son who would prepare the way for the Son of God. Every detail of the Incarnation is pregnant with this kind of theological naming.