Mabel
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Mabel is an English
female
given name
derived from the Latin amabilis, "lovable, dear". Amabilis of Riom
(d. 475) was a French male saint who logically would have assumed the name Amabilis upon entering the priesthood: his veneration may have resulted in Amabilis being used as a female as well as male name or the name's female usage may have been initiated by the female saint Amabilis of Rouen (d. 634), the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon king who would have adopted the name Amabilis upon becoming a nun. The vernacular French form Amable was brought by the Normans to the British Isles where both Amabel and the abbreviated Mabel were common during the Middle Ages to subsequently become obsolete apart from Mabel remaining in regular use in Ireland where it was perceived as a variant of the Celtic name Maeve. Mabel's modern usage was subsequent to the 1853 publication of the novel The Heir of Redclyffe
by Charlotte M. Yonge which featured a character - who was Irish - named Mabel Kilcoran; Yonge's novel also features a character named Amabel but her novel only boosted the popularity of the name in the form Mabel which became immensely popular in both the British Isles and the United States. At the start of the 20th century Mabel's popularity began a slow decline which accelerated from the 1930s with the name in very light usage since the 1960s. Due to its origin as an abridgement of Amabel it has been surmised that Mabel was originally pronounced with a short A the name's pronunciation with a long A dating only from its mid-19th century revival.
Notable people of that name include:
English people
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female
Female
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
given name
Given name
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derived from the Latin amabilis, "lovable, dear". Amabilis of Riom
Amabilis of Riom
Saint Amabilis of Riom was a French saint. Sidonius Apollinaris brought Amabilis to serve at Clermont.He served as a cantor in the church of Saint Mary at Clermont and as a precentor at the cathedral of Clermont and then as a parish priest in Riom...
(d. 475) was a French male saint who logically would have assumed the name Amabilis upon entering the priesthood: his veneration may have resulted in Amabilis being used as a female as well as male name or the name's female usage may have been initiated by the female saint Amabilis of Rouen (d. 634), the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon king who would have adopted the name Amabilis upon becoming a nun. The vernacular French form Amable was brought by the Normans to the British Isles where both Amabel and the abbreviated Mabel were common during the Middle Ages to subsequently become obsolete apart from Mabel remaining in regular use in Ireland where it was perceived as a variant of the Celtic name Maeve. Mabel's modern usage was subsequent to the 1853 publication of the novel The Heir of Redclyffe
The Heir of Redclyffe
The Heir of Redclyffe was the first of Charlotte M. Yonge's bestselling romantic novels. Its religious tone derives from the High Church background of her family and from her friendship with a leading figure in the Oxford Movement, John Keble, who closely supervised the writing of the book. The...
by Charlotte M. Yonge which featured a character - who was Irish - named Mabel Kilcoran; Yonge's novel also features a character named Amabel but her novel only boosted the popularity of the name in the form Mabel which became immensely popular in both the British Isles and the United States. At the start of the 20th century Mabel's popularity began a slow decline which accelerated from the 1930s with the name in very light usage since the 1960s. Due to its origin as an abridgement of Amabel it has been surmised that Mabel was originally pronounced with a short A the name's pronunciation with a long A dating only from its mid-19th century revival.
Notable people of that name include:
- MabelMabel (singer)Paolo Ferrali, better known as Mabel, is an Italian singer, renowned for his singles Disco Disco, Bum Bum and Don't let me down. He had reached the top of the sales chart in Italy, France, Germany and Austria.-Career:...
, Italian singer, real name Paolo Ferrali - Princess Mabel of Orange-NassauPrincess Mabel of Orange-NassauPrincess Mabel of Orange-Nassau is the wife of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ....
(born 1968), member of the Dutch royalty - Bessilyn JohnsonBessilyn JohnsonBessilyn Johnson , known also as Bessie Johnson and Mabel, was the wife of Chicago millionaire Albert Johnson, a man who was variously partner, friend, and dupe of famed Old West figure Death Valley Scotty...
(1872–1943), nom de plume "Mabel", author of popular book about Wild West figure Death Valley Scotty - Mabel AlbertsonMabel AlbertsonMabel Albertson was an American actress.Albertson was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the daughter of Russian-born Jewish immigrants Flora Craft and Leopold Albertson. Her brother was actor Jack Albertson...
(1901–1992), American character actress - Mabel Besant-ScottMabel Besant-ScottMabel Emily Besant-Scott was a Theosophist, Co-Freemason and Rosicrucian....
(1870–1952), British occultist - Mabel Gardiner HubbardMabel Gardiner HubbardMabel Gardiner Hubbard , was the daughter of Boston lawyer Gardiner Hubbard—the first president of the Bell Telephone Company...
(1857–1923), wife of Alexander Graham Bell - Mabel KingMabel KingMabel King was an American film, stage and television actress.-Early life and career:King was born Donnie Mabel Elizabeth Washington in Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of Rosalie Washington. She was raised in Harlem where she eventually became a gospel and nightclub singer...
(1932–1999), American singer and actress - Mabel LeeMabel LeeMabel Lee is a translator of the works of Nobel Prize-winning author Gao Xingjian. She has taught Asian studies at the University of Sydney and is one of Australia's leading authorities on Chinese cultural affairs...
, Australian translator - Mabel Dodge LuhanMabel Dodge LuhanMabel Evans Dodge Sterne Luhan , née Ganson was a wealthy American patron of the arts. She is particularly associated with the Taos art colony.-Early life:...
(1879;ndash;1962), American patron of the arts - Mabel MercerMabel MercerMabel Mercer was an English-born cabaret singer who performed in the United States, Britain, and Europe with the greats in jazz and cabaret. She was a featured performer at Chez Bricktop in Paris, owned by the hostess Bricktop, and performed in such clubs as Le Ruban Bleu, Tony's, the RSVP, the...
(1900–1994), American cabaret singer - Mabel MosqueraMabel MosqueraMabel Mosquera Mena is a female weightlifter from Colombia.Born in Quibdó, Department of Chocó, she started weightlifting in 1999....
(born 1969), Colombian weightlifter - Mabel NormandMabel NormandMabel Normand was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors...
(1892–1930), American comic actress - Mabel PoultonMabel PoultonMabel Poulton was an English film actress, popular in Britain during the era of silent films.Born in London, England, Poulton was working as a stenographer and entered films by chance. Her first role in George Pearson's Nothing Else Matters was opposite Betty Balfour, who was also making her...
(1901–1994), British actress - Mabel SeeleyMabel SeeleyMabel Seeley was an American mystery writer.Her family moved to St. Paul in 1920 where she attended Mechanic Arts High School and graduated summa cum laude from University of Minnesota. In 1926 she married fellow student Kenneth Seeley and they moved to Chicago, where she wrote advertising copy...
(1903–1991), American mystery writer - Mabel StarkMabel StarkMabel Stark, whose real name was Mary Haynie was a renowned tiger trainer of the 1920s and she was referred to as the world's first woman tiger trainer/tamer.- Biography :...
(1889–1968), tiger trainer - Mabel StricklandMabel StricklandMabel Edeline Strickland, OBE was a Maltese journalist and politician, the daughter of Sir Gerald Strickland , the former Prime Minister of Malta....
(1899–1988), Maltese journalist and politician - Mabel Walker WillebrandtMabel Walker WillebrandtMabel Walker Willebrandt , popularly known to her contemporaries as the "First Lady of Law", was the U.S. Assistant Attorney General from 1921 to 1929, handling cases concerning violations of the Volstead Act, federal taxation, and the Bureau of Federal Prisons during the Prohibition Era.-Early...
(1889–1963), U.S. Assistant Attorney General from 1921 to 1929 under the Warren G. Harding administration.