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Amabel

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17caterpillars1mouse · 13/08/2017 20:47

What are your thoughts on Amabel?

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Chaffinch4 · 13/08/2017 21:55

I have heard of it! I think it's sweet, but I suspect there would be quite a lot of name spelling / explaining. But that's never bothered me, so if you like it, use it! Nice shortening possibilities too Amey, Belle.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 13/08/2017 21:43

Mabel is gorgeous

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 13/08/2017 21:43

Am a bel. I hope your last name isn't End.Grin

early30smum · 13/08/2017 21:25

I don't like it, sorry OP. Everyone will think it's a typo for Annabel. Mabel is cute though?

Hotdognoketchup · 13/08/2017 21:21

Maybe a middle name if you really like it?

Hotdognoketchup · 13/08/2017 21:18

I decided it probably wasn't a spelling mistake but I think your dd may get rather fed up having to spell her name out in the future.

sparechange · 13/08/2017 21:18

It sounds like a toddler trying to say 'Annabel'

LadyWithLapdog · 13/08/2017 21:17

I know of an Amabel, about 12 now. Ive heard it more since.

FlaviaAlbia · 13/08/2017 21:17

It's quite an old name isn't it? I'd say it's probably fallen out of use to such an extent that it might be annoying to have to correct people but I like the name itself.

Theimpossiblegirl · 13/08/2017 21:16

Everyone got it wrong on BLL so I can see it being a hard-work name to be lumbered with tbh.

HereBeFuckery · 13/08/2017 21:15

Is it inspired by Big Little Lies? I think there were some raised eyebrows on that programme when that child was introduced...

EssentialHummus · 13/08/2017 21:14

What others have said.

Maybebaby2 · 13/08/2017 21:13

In Liverpool the thicker accent pronounces I'm like 'Am', and bell is a slang shortening of bellend. So here this name could be pronounced like "Am a bel" (I'm a bell). Not keen on it for that reason, but it depends on where you live and how you would pronounce it.

RiverTam · 13/08/2017 21:03

I've known an Amabel. I don't really like it, to be honest.

BroomstickOfLove · 13/08/2017 21:01

I like it. It's sweet and old-fashioned, but it looks s though most people haven't heard of it.

MsPassepartout · 13/08/2017 20:56

My initial assumption was that it was a typo for Annabel.

Amabel looks pretty enough, but I suspect it'll be very easily mistaken for Annabel.

WallisFrizz · 13/08/2017 20:52

She (and you) will spend a life time correcting/explaining it. If that doesn't bother you, go for it.

How will you shorten it, which is inevitable? Will she be Ama?

Orangebird69 · 13/08/2017 20:51

Looks like a spelling mistake. If it's not, just don't.

Figgygal · 13/08/2017 20:51

Poor thing will spend her life explaining that that is her name and not a typo

Assuming it is a girls name

IHeartKingThistle · 13/08/2017 20:50

I know an Ama - it's a Ghanaian name. Not sure I've heard Amabel and it would probably get misheard for Annabel all the time. Love Annabel, for the record!

HeyRoly · 13/08/2017 20:50

It looks like Annabel with the double "n" squashed together to make a "m".

MelvinThePenguin · 13/08/2017 20:49

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GinIsIn · 13/08/2017 20:48

I think there's a typo in your post. Did you mean Mabel, or Annabel?