Amabel

[17caterpillars1mouse]

What are your thoughts on Amabel?

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

I came to say what Fenella said. Sorry OP.

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

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!

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

Assuming it is a girls name

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

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?

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.

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

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

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.

What others have said.

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

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

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.

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

It sounds like a toddler trying to say 'Annabel'

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.

Maybe a middle name if you really like it?

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

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

Mabel is gorgeous

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.

People will always think her name is Annabel, especially when they see it written down.

Annabel, Arabella, Anna etc. are all derived from the same name Amabel is, so you'd be better off going with one of the better known variants.

Im not keen I'm afraid, even though it appears not to be to me it sounds like a made up name sorry.

I absolutely adore Mabel and Annabel though