Mabli? (not Welsh)

[Elfyn]

Is it OK to use Mabli (for a girl) with no Welsh connection?

And what do you think of the name?

How do you pronounce it? Is it May-blee?

Mabli is pronounced mab (like cab) lee.

I think it's OK to use, but I think most will pronounce it Mayblee.

Oh I love it😍

Oh dear, I hadn’t thought of “mayblee” being a potential pronunciation. I don’t fancy correcting all the time, but I do love the name!

Does it matter that neither of us is Welsh?

It sounds very Welsh to me but you can use any name you want! Such a pretty name

DD2's name is spelled the Welsh way because I thought it looked pretty. Of course, people tell her she has mis-spelled it all the time and it annoyed her when she was a child that she couldn't get items with her name on it. There is no Welsh connection in my family. I just liked the name.

I would pronounce it May-blee.

I don't like it. I particularly don't like the correct pronunciation.

I've never heard it before and instantly pronounced it May-blee so I would expect you'll and your DD will be constantly correcting people, it's a lovely name though.

I would also pronounce it Mayblee as I don’t know the name, and I actually like that pronounciation. Mabli the correct way is nice but I do now say it in a welsh accent! I think it’s ok to correct people there are plenty of names that aren’t instantly recognisable and people learn quickly.

I live in Yorkshire, and when DS1 went to the childminders (many years ago, he's an adult now) there was a Mabli there, with no welsh connections. It's lovely, and people will get used to the pronunciation very quickly

I really love Mabli. I don't think it matters at all that you are not Welsh.

I said it as Mab-lee to myself when I read the post title, so I don't think everyone would get it wrong.

If you love it then use it. I loved a name for dd1 but didn't use it because it was unusual and I worried about people saying/spelling it wrong. I still loved the name when dd2 was born 4 years later, so she's called it and I have never regretted it.

Why on earth would you pronounce it ‘may’? ‘Mab’ is pronounced the same in both English and Welsh.

Why on earth would you pronounce it ‘may’? ‘Mab’ is pronounced the same in both English and Welsh.

How do you pronounce Mabel?

I'd also say Mab-li.

Mabel is Mabe-l, so very different.

I think Manli is a lovely name!

Manli! haha

Thanks everyone, it’s on the list for sure!

Mabel has the split digraph a_e to give an ‘ay’ sound. Mabli has no vowel to alter the ‘a’ sound. It’s totally phonetically illogical to pronounce Mabli with an ‘ay’.

I like it and would never think the pronunciation was anything other than Mab-lee!

Sorry I meant Mabli

It's a lovely name. And I'd pronounce it Mab-li, like Manli.

It's fine. If you have no welsh connections, why the username Elfyn?
(It's a boy's name pronounced Elvin, if anyone is interested)

Er... why not? Tried Elfin and it was taken is all.

Thanks again for all the input!

I thought you meant Elfyn, the boy's name. There is a welsh poet called Menna Elfyn.

menna is a lovely name. adding that to my list