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Mabel

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JetLi · 19/11/2010 22:54

Means loveable I believe.
I like it for a little girl but would it be awful for a teenager/grown woman?

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typsical · 20/11/2010 12:49

Love it! I like it as a shortened form of Amabel, which means lovable and beautiful. Perfect.

Tamasine · 20/11/2010 19:44

Is a fantastic name, I know a 3 year old Mabel and think it's great.

GRW · 20/11/2010 20:00

I know a 15 year old Mabel, and think it's a great name, and due for a come back.

MummysLittleSunbeams · 20/11/2010 21:23

It's lovely & if you have twins they could be called Mabel & Maude! Smile

taintedpaint · 20/11/2010 21:30

I'm sorry, I think it's bloody horrible. And would be similarly bloody horrible on an older child or adult.

MrsvWoolf · 20/11/2010 21:32

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Prematureexcelsisation · 20/11/2010 21:36

My granny was mabel but considered it so hideously old fashioned she used her middle name instead. But hey ho the times they are a changing

Heifer · 20/11/2010 22:11

Sorry I really don't like it.

It seems very old fashioned to me, but more than than, it's just not a nice sounding word..

KenDoddsDadsDog · 20/11/2010 22:13

I love it, know a gorgeous 5 year old Mabel!

cupofteaplease · 20/11/2010 22:16

It's my 3 year old dd's name. She suits it very well!

Montifer · 20/11/2010 22:51

Love it, would be one of my definite contenders for a DD, but DP has vetoed it as he has a bee in his bonnet about it sounding too much like table Hmm

MissFlick · 21/11/2010 07:20

I love it- It's making it's way up my list to number one girl's name. I also love Maude, Maggie and Agatha.

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NadiaWadia · 21/11/2010 20:42

It was my Grandma's name (who would be 104 if she were still with us) so I always thought of it as an 'old lady name' but actually, thinking about it, its quite pretty, isn't it? Isabel and Annabel are very trendy right now, so why not Mabel?

Her sister was Gladys, but I don't think that's due a revival any time soon, really!

ensure · 22/11/2010 15:02

It's a really nice name. Like it!

cumbria81 · 22/11/2010 16:31

it's ugly

usualsuspect · 22/11/2010 16:32

Its bloody awful

TheFeministParent · 22/11/2010 16:40

I have a Mabel, I love the name. I think you do have to be of a certain type of person to use it though. My Mabel is Mabel and sometimes Mabes, Maybe.

TheFeministParent · 22/11/2010 16:42

For God's sake please spell it the right way!!

Komondor · 24/11/2010 10:41

I have a cousin who called her daughter Mabel, and my parents generation of the family all hate it.

I think you either love it or hate it.

Mabel under the table - it's a no from me.

Pasiphae · 24/11/2010 10:45

Marmite name, but I love it.

ZZZenAgain · 24/11/2010 10:46

I don't know if Mabel works well for a teenager. Not sure about that

gregtheguineapig · 24/11/2010 10:46

I love it, absolutely love it!!

brillopads · 24/11/2010 10:52

Love Mabel, if I have a girl next May it would definetly be up for consideration. "May-belle" would be far to chavvy for me.

ShoppingDays · 24/11/2010 14:28

I don't like it, sorry.