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Mabel?

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Polkadotfanatic · 24/05/2012 14:05

Yay or Nay? :)

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WithACherryOnTop · 16/06/2012 10:18

There used to be a collie on Blue Peter called Mabel,Stace.That may be why.

monkeyslut · 16/06/2012 06:41

Prefer Maybelle.

Minstrelsaremarvellous · 16/06/2012 04:28

It was the top of our list until on a dog walk we came across a couple screaming the name at dog that kept running away. DP and I just looked at each other and said "so.....more girls names?!"

Staceisace · 16/06/2012 03:50

Why is Mabel making me think of a border collie!?

I don't know of any little Mabels but there's a chance she'd adopt Belle or Bella as a nickname - I don't know if that would bother you though...

PercyFilth · 15/06/2012 18:53

"Ethan isn't pronounced like Seth"

That doesn't make me like it. In any case, I have heard it pronounced both as Eth-an and Ee-than. Either way, it sounds a bit chemical to me - as does Ethel.

MarySA · 15/06/2012 18:33

Not keen. I like a lot of the older style names. But not this one.

WithACherryOnTop · 15/06/2012 18:25

Ethan isn't pronounced like Seth.

PercyFilth · 15/06/2012 17:23

There, you see, I heartily dislike Ethel. Mabel and Ethel may both be 'old lady' names, but for me Mabel sounds pretty and Ethel is ugly - sounds leathery like an old boot or tough gristly meat! I really dislike the -eth sound though (Beth, Ethan, Seth, ll those names) - rhymes with death :(

Papyrus · 15/06/2012 16:02

Expecting DC5 next month and if a girl she is going to be Mabel.

PrettyPrinceofParties · 15/06/2012 15:55

Yes, I was thinking Blue Peter pet too. I like Ethel, I had an aunt called that who was always known as Ettie, which I think is lovely.

greenandcabbagelooking · 15/06/2012 15:45

I like it. Although it does remind me of the dog on Blue Peter.

3boysgirlontheway · 15/06/2012 15:44

You are right she is Ethel, they are similar in my mind for some reason.

MagdalenaAlec · 15/06/2012 15:43

I thought Lily Allen's dd was Ethel? love Ethel, btw.

I like how Mabel sounds, v pretty.

3boysgirlontheway · 15/06/2012 14:57

Is Lily Cooper (Allen)'s DD called Mabel?

I like it, it is pretty.

EdithWeston · 15/06/2012 14:49

I'm not keen on Mabel, but think it's a perfectly good name.

clinkclink · 15/06/2012 14:44

Hate it, and, like the poster above, I laughed when I heard of a newborn being called this (not in front of the mum obviously!).

But I am 40 and the mums I know who are calling their kids this are in their 30s. I think it doesn't have the same connotations to younger mums.

Mum2Kaison · 14/06/2012 17:53

I like Mae-belle or Mai-bell.

passivehoovering · 14/06/2012 17:48

I love the name, DP and I liked it for our DD. Even though my Mum phoned me up and begged me not to use it we STILL really liked it.

However.

We said it out loud.

I have an Estuary accent, DPs is Yorkshire. It sounds really dreadful in both. DD is called something else :) It's something to do with the "le" sound I think.

kitsonkittykat · 14/06/2012 17:41

I love Mabel. Its gorgeous.

AhsataN · 14/06/2012 17:40

maybell is a flower

PercyFilth · 25/05/2012 20:47

I like it. Yes, it is an "old granny" name, but prettier than most, and infinitely nicer than popular non-names like Tilly.

pud1 · 25/05/2012 20:28

I LOVE IT. my dd has it as a middle name after my gran. Wish I had used it as her first names but I did not have the guts after all the negative comments I had before she was born.

MoaningMicroraptorRoarsAgain · 25/05/2012 20:26

But DH ruled it out and hated it. I wanted Mabel last time but baby had a willy so it was a no.

MoaningMicroraptorRoarsAgain · 25/05/2012 20:25

I love it. I would probably use NN Bella as well, so shoot me Grin

CornishKK · 25/05/2012 20:23

Love it, don't love the May-belle suggestion though.