Mabel

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Diminutive of Amabel, Latin
"lovable"

Mabel Origin and Meaning

The name Mabel is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "lovable".

Mabel is cuddly Victorian favorite rising in popularity in the US, after a 50-year nap If you love offbeat old-fashioned names like Violet or Josephine, only sassier and bubblier, Mabel is one for you to consider. It is currently in the US Top 200 and the UK Top 50.

In the 1880s and 1890s, Mabel was a Top 20 name. Some of Mabel's vintage cultural references include Charlie Chaplin's favorite leading lady Mabel Normand, jazz singer Mabel Mercer, the lead character in Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance

There is a Princess Mabel in the Netherlands today, born a commoner and the widow of Prince Friso. Several celebrities have named their daughters Mabel, including Chad Lowe, Nenah Cherry, Bruce Willis and Dermot Mulroney., and the baby on the sitcom Mad About You (in which Mabel was an acronym for Mothers Always Bring Extra Love--a nice thought).

# 278 in the US

Mabel Rank in US Top 1000

# 26 on Nameberry

Mabel Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Mabel Popularity

Famous People Named Mabel

  • Mabel Kroger (b. 2006)
    Epic Gamer
  • Mabel Martine Wisse Smit
    Princess of Orange,Nassau, wife of Prince Friso of the Netherlands
  • Mabel Elizabeth King
    American singer and actress
  • Mabel Esmonde Cahill
    Irish tennis player
  • Mabel Esplin (1874
    1921), English stained glass artist and muralist
  • Mabel Ethelreid Normand
    American silent film comedienne
  • Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
    wife of inventor Alexander Graham Bell
  • Mabel Ida Albertson
    American actress
  • Mabel Mercer
    American cabaret singer
  • Mabel Seeley
    American mystery novelist
  • Mabel Suffield Tolkien
    mother of novelist J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Mabel McKeown (b. 1986)
    English politician; daughter of comedienne Tracey Ullman
  • Mabel Ray Mulroney (b. 2008)
    daughter of actor Dermot Mulroney
  • Mabel Painter Lowe (b. 2009)
    daughter of actor Chad Lowe and producer Kim Painter
  • Mabel Ray Willis (b. 2012)
    daughter of actor Bruce Willis
  • Mabel Brand (b. 2016)
    daughter of actor/comedian Russell Brand
  • Mabel Jane Grace (b. 2017)
    daughter of actor Topher Grace and Ashley Hinshaw
  • Olivia Mabel Smithson (b. 2012)
    daughter of singer Carly Smithson

Mabel in Pop Culture

  • Mabel "Madea" Simmons
    movie character played by Tyler Perry
  • Mabel Buchman
    daughter of Jamie and Paul Buchman on TV's "Mad About You"
  • Mabel Chiltern
    character in Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband"
  • Mabel Darcy
    Bridget's daughter in Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy"
  • Mabel Lane Fox
    character in "Downton Abbey"
  • Mabel Motley
    main character in comic strip "Motley's Crew"
  • Mabel Pines
    main character on animated series "Gravity Falls"
  • Mabel Rickets
    aged Northumbrian nurse in Sir Walter Scott's "Rob Roy"
  • Mabel Robson
    character in G. A. Henty's "With the Allies to Pekin"
  • Mabel Thompson
    Nucky's first wife on TV's "Boardwalk Empire"
  • Mabel
    character in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance"
  • Mabel
    goshawk in Helen MacDonald's "H is for Hawk"
  • Mabel
    the ugly stepsister in film "Shrek the Third"
  • Mabel Martin
    titular character of horror podcast 'Mabel'
  • "Mabel Normand
    " song by Stevie Nicks
  • Mabel
    mentioned in an episode of "The Simpsons" ("So I says to Mabel, I says...")
  • Mabel Able
    character from the video game "Animal Crossing”
  • Mabel Rose
    character from Libba Bray’s “The Diviners” quartet.
  • "Naughty Mabel
    " children's book by Nathan Lane and Devlin Elliott