Amabel?

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Thoughts please!

It's lovely.

I think it's lovely. I semi-considered it for DD1, but DH didn't like it (he's very fussy though). It means something like "loveable", doesn't it?

But I guess the first few comments would be the reactions the poor girl would get... and whenever she wrote it, it would be misread as Annabel.

makes me think 'am-a-bell-end' sorry but think the poor lass will get the mick taken out of her

If you like Amabel have you considered Arabel/Arabelle?

Amabel is actually the original name, and Annabel was a misspelling. However, it is now pretty obscure in its original form as people only know the shorter version, Mabel.

Actually I think it sounds lovely with a nice meaning. Had never heard it before. But the constant confusion with annabel could get annoying for her.

Sorry, another thumbs down here.

Looks like a typo of Annabel or Amiable.

Sounds like someone trying to say Annabel with a blocked nose.

Definitely agree with posters who say teasing is in store - "I'm a bell/I'm a bell end".

Yes, it doesn't exactly trip off the tongue, and just sounds like a mistake.

I went to prep school with an Amabel (who would be about 40/41 by now - wonder if it's the same one LatinForTelly? Had an older sister Rebecca?)

I quite like it as a name, but due to the girl at school I knew Amabel as a name before I knew about Annabel, if you see what I mean.

I love it! I sometimes use it ass nickname for my dd. It might get a little confusing, but I think its so pretty it's worth it!

Do you lisp? Speech impediment? Proper reason for such a ridiculous spelling?

Assuming all normal it sounds silly.

Looks like a spelling mistake...sorry...

I love it. It's the original version of Mabel.

I think it just sounds like you are saying Annabel wrong.

Sounds like a spelling mistake and it will end up being "corrected" (you said Amabel?) all the time by various peoples in authority she will come across in school and in adulthood as well.

Gosh, calm down, people. This is an actual name. Whether or not you like it, the OP certainly didn't invent it, and it's not Michaela reinvented as McKayylah or suchlike.

OP, I was going to say I liked it, and it's not a name you hear much, but I think if the previous posters are anything to go by, you might pass it by, despite it being a nice name. It also features in a grim Thomas Hardy poem about a once-lovely girl being ruined by time...

Hey ho. I tried.
It IS a real name! I'm not keen on making names up.

You know what. It sounds nice when I say it out loud.
It's going on my list.

Sorry guys...

It is a real, historical name, and quite pretty, I think.

But throughout her life she would have to put up with misspellings and ignorance, as demonstrated on this thread. So are you up for that?

Dreadful

Why earth is it dreadful? Assuming you like Isabel and Annabel, why not? Although I have to say I do slightly prefer the 2 names just mentioned.

I think it's a lovely name but I'll confess the first time I came across a woman called Amabel at work I assumed it was a spelling mistake and 'corrected' some meeting minutes

I suspect I wasn't the first.

Ahh, no kiwik, the Amabel I knew had a brother. Wow, two 40ish Amabels though. Who'da thunk it?

I think it's lovely. I considered it for our daughter but DH said no as people would think it was Annabel. We went for Mabel in the end :)

It's dreadful because it looks and sounds daft. It looks like a spelling mistake and it sounds like a child mispronouncing annabelle.