Mabel

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Mabel

Gender: Feminine
Language: English
Etymology:
Mabel is a shortened form of Amabel, and English name from the Latin “amabilis” meaning “Lovable.”

History:
Amabel and Mabel were farily common name from the 12th until the 14th centuries. Mabel was revived in the 19th century after C.M. Yonge’s The Heir of Redclyffe came out in 1858 and was again common until the early 20th century.

Please see Amabel for more information.

Pronunciation: MAY-bell.

Diminuitves: Mab, Mae.

Alternates: Amabel, Amable, Amiable, Mabella, Mabelle, Mabilla, Mabilia, Mable, Mably, Maybelle.
Hawaiian: Meipala.
Irish Gaelic: Máible.
Latin: Amabilis, Amabilia, Amabilla.
Welsh: Mabli.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Mabel Loomis Todd (1856-1932)
American writer.
Mabel Bragg (1870-1945)
American educator and author. She wrote The Little Engine that Could.
Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879-1962)
American writer.
Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879-1964)
English artist.
Maybelle Carter (1909-1978)
American guitarist.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
Mabel Thorp Boardman (1860-1946)
American Red Cross leader.
Mabel Cratty (1868-1928)
American social worker.
Mabel Keaton Staupers (1890-1989)
Caribbean-American nurse.

Singers and Entertainers:
Mabel Normand (1892-1930)
American actress.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.078 % named Mabel
0.063 % named Mae
0.038 % named Mable
0.001 % named Mabelle

Popularity of Mabel:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 776th most popular.
1875: 67th most popular.
1900-1910: 27th most popular.
1910-1920: 60th most popular.
1920-1930: 115th most popular.
1930-1940: 212th most popular.
1940-1950: 372nd most popular.
1950-1960: 745th most popular.
1960-1970: 909th most popular.
1970-2000: N/A

Popularity of Mabelle:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-1910: 527th most popular.
1910-1920: 945th most popular.
1920-2000: N/A