Amabel

[17caterpillars1mouse]

What are your thoughts on Amabel?

I know an Amabel in her 30s. She's very beautiful with long dark hair and a great laugh so I like this name!

The main trouble with Amabel is that the 'm' physically looks exactly like two 'n's so not only will people hear it wrong (not such s big problem, lots of people have to correct their names) but it's also very difficult to read.

I might not a fan of the name anyway to be honest, it does sound made up even if it isn't. Ama on its own is nicer?

How is it pronounced?

Amma-bell or A-Mable?

I thought it was a typo for Annabel too

It doesn't roll well. It's difficult to say.

I misread it as Annabel. It's pretty but the misunderstandings would bug me so I'd never use it

Mabel or Annabel = yes
Amabel = no

I know an Addabelle she copes fine with it

It might be a nice enough name but she will forever be correcting people who think it's Annabel.

Annabel is a nice name.

It's actually the older, original version of Annabel. I like it.

It may sound pretty, but I would always think it was a misspelled version of Annabel. Therefore I would consider it a mistake name and wouldn't use it.

The child would have a lifetime of explaining and correcting ahead of them.

I would say don't.

I like it. Looks like it mightn't be the best choice though going by these responses! I'm surprised - I recognition as a name and find it prettier than Annabel, personally.

*recognise it

Genuinely thought it was a name you had just made up. Sorry OP

Addabelle is even worse - sounds like annabel said with a bad cold!

Addabelle is even worse - sounds like annabel said with a bad cold!

This is exactly what I thought too!

There is a long running thread on Big Little Lies on here, and not one person spelt Amabella's name right!

I quite like it, surprisingly.

I prefer Amabel to Amabella, but she will always, always be correcting people.

Sounds made up and she will constantly be correcting people saying 'not Annabel it's Amabel'

Am a bell?
No, sorry, really don't like that

Just makes me think of Amabella from Big Little Lies. Very twee little name.

It does look like a misspelling, sorry.

Dreadful.

A pretty name, and I vaguely remember reading that, like a pp said, it is actually the original form of Annabel.

However you will get people thinking it's Annabel, etc. etc. Plus the ignorant (like many posters on this thread) who think you 'made it up' when if anything it's actually Annabel that's made up! (I do love Annabel too though). Is it worth the hassle, OP?

I think Mabel also originated from Amabel, although the pronunciation is different. I do find Mabel a bit frumpy and old ladyish though (perhaps because it was my own Grandma's name, who would have been over 100 now).