Mabel

proper nounattested in dialogue

//ˈmeɪbl̩//

A female given name from Latin.

proper noun

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A female given name from Latin.
Her name was Mabel Hortense, and the children were very proud of having a cousin who lived in the city and was named Mabel Hortense. At Damsonfield Four Corners, where they lived, all the little girls were name Mary Jane or Sarah Ann or Lucy Maria, or, at the best, Hattie and Carrie; they had scarcely even heard so fine a name as Mabel Hortense.
The red stitching across the breast pocket read Mabel, a name Maggie had not heard since her childhood. What had become of all the Mabels? She tried to picture giving a new little baby that name.

Etymology

Clipping of Amabel, from Latin amābilis (“lovable”).

M. · A gender-neutral honorific, comparable to Mx., used instead…ma · mother, mama Ma · Mother, mom, mama.

Mabel · A female given name from Latin.

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