Mabel

Mabel is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

Mabel is the English short form of the spread in the 12th century Amabel, or Amabella. These in turn can be derived from the Latin adjective amäbilis, which means as much as amiable.

In the German -speaking world the name is often chosen in 1900. Today, it occurs only rarely.

Variants

  • Irish: Maible
  • Mab, Mab ( diminutive )

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Mabel Besant -Scott (1870-1952), English Theosophist, Rosenkreuzerin un Freemason
  • Mabel Cahill ( 1863-1905/06 ), Irish tennis player
  • Mabel Collins (1851-1927), British author and Theosophist
  • Mabel Gay ( b. 1983 ), a Cuban triple jumper
  • Mabel Normand (1892-1930), American silent film actress
  • Mabel Rivera ( born 1952 ), Spanish actress
  • Mabel Wisse Smit ( b. 1968 ), wife of Prince Johan Friso of Orange- Nassau
  • Dorothy Mabel Reed Mendenhall (1874-1964), American physician
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