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Mabel

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mamablondie · 20/02/2020 13:30

Finding MN so helpful right now in our never ending search for the perfect girls name!

Latest addition is Mabel. I’d appreciate some thoughts please - DD1 is Ruby.

Thanks in advance :)

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JaffaCakeGal · 20/02/2020 14:17

I had a cat called Mabel and I think the name is so cute!

Rosiejim · 20/02/2020 14:11

I think it’s a guinea pigs name!

BaronessBomburst · 20/02/2020 14:11

I love it!
I think of Mabel Lucie Atwell, the illustrator.

GetOffTheTableMabel · 20/02/2020 14:10

It’s lovely.
(She should not be allowed on the table though)

NumbersStation · 20/02/2020 14:08

I like it Smile

For a pup or baby Grin

MyDcAreMarvel · 20/02/2020 14:08

Love Mabel, hate Freya reminds me of cheese.

AgentCooper · 20/02/2020 14:07

I like it! The singer Mabel is cool and she’s Neneh Cherry’s daughter so Neneh obviously thought it was alright.

lenalove · 20/02/2020 14:06

I had a pug called Mabel - love the name ha!

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Didyousaysomethingdarling · 20/02/2020 14:05

@ midsomermurderess I didn't know that, now I like the name even more! I'm bias as my lovely niece is Mabel.

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mamablondie · 20/02/2020 14:02

@123girlsandboys321 I love love love Freya but it really does not work with our last name sadly

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123girlsandboys321 · 20/02/2020 14:01

LOVE it, if my latest had been a girl it was on our list Smile Also love Beatrice and Freya x

ShinyRuby · 20/02/2020 13:59

I think it's quite pretty. It's probably going to become more popular now because of the pop singer Mabel so there might be quite a few girls with the name.
It's nice though.

Nowayorhighway · 20/02/2020 13:59

I like it personally but DH vetoed because he thinks it’s a dogs name.

Surfer25 · 20/02/2020 13:56

I knew a 75 year old who was embarrassed her middle name was Mabel.

Please don't. It's horrid

midsomermurderess · 20/02/2020 13:54

I really do like it although I can understand that many others won't. It's from the Latin 'Amabel' I think, loving lovable. It's rarely heard nowadays but people assume, fill out, their names. I have a friend who called her eldest Doris, to much sniggering, and she just inhabits and carries it.

userabcname · 20/02/2020 13:33

I really don't like Mabel - sorry op! Ruby is so pretty and Mabel sounds like someone's batty old Aunt.