http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-28345 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:28:09 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-28345 I have Mabel and she’s beautiful… All names make a revival, in 50 years time people will be saying Sharon, Melissa, Simon and Jason are old peoples names, just saying! x

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-28202 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:00:32 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-28202 [...] has been used as a nickname for Mary, Mabel and Margaret.  As an independent name, she peaked at #57 in 1883 and was last ranked in [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-27831 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:52:04 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-27831 [...] – If Mabel is a girl’s name, and others on this list are perfectly wearable, maybe Maple has [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-24576 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:09:34 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-24576 [...] I’ve no need for their spectacles, I do enjoy their product names: Thatcher, Crosby, Huxley, Mabel [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-24283 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:03:17 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-24283 [...] Daughter Fable Luella followed in 2008 – a spin on Story, and a rhyme with the long-established Mabel. [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-24188 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:21:27 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-24188 [...] Boheme Shalom.  The bohemian Boheme is unheard of as a name, and unlike Fable (sounds like Mabel) and Reverie (fits with Avery), Boheme has fewer sound-alike names.  But it does boast one of my [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-23473 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:05:27 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-23473 There was a woman named Mabel Stark (1889-1968) who trained tigers, which definitely changes my impression of the name!

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-22613 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:20:04 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-22613 [...] Amabel – lovable – was the first.  She also appears as Amabilia, Mabella, and Mabel.  Some parents smooshed Amabel and Anna to arrive at Annabel.  Others took Amabel, factored in [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-2860 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:49:31 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-2860 [...] December 21, 2008 Filed under: Girls — Cecily @ 5:49 am Tags: apmtn, mabel Mabel was Appellation Mountain’s NotD this past Friday, and I’ve fallen hopelessly in love. I keep saying it over and [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/12/19/name-of-the-day-mabel/#comment-2841 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:56:02 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1201#comment-2841 I assume Amabel would be said like Annabel, but with an “m” sound instead of “n.” So AM uh bel, I think. The drawback is that she’d be forever correcting those who call her Annabel – which is probably how Amabel went extinct in the first place.

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