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Mable vs Mabel
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I've never posted over in this neck of the woods...so first, hi!! I'm a FTM due May 15 :-h. MH and I have a REALLY hard time with names. We really dislike common names, and somehow also dislike a lot of unique names, too. The struggle is real. We only have 1 name on our boy and girl list so far....(if we end up having another one day that is the same sex, we are screwed)
But I do really love the name Mable, and I always have. I know some people consider it very old lady-ish, but it's just never felt that way to me. I don't at all put it in the same category as Betsy/Mildred/Beatrice, etc. With certain old fashion names being on the upswing, and it being a 'celebrity baby name' (thanks, Bruce Willis), I really feel like it'll be making a comeback. It's finally grown on MH and I feel like it may be a real possibility if we end up with a little girl.
So with that being said, it should be obvious that I prefer the spelling Mable over Mabel. I've googled it up and down (and searched the BMB) and as far as I can tell, Mable is not incorrect. Or is it!? Many of you seem to be name gurus/linguistic masters...so please enlighten me if I'm totally off base here!
One more thing...if we have a girl named Mable, I'd consider Marilyn for a middle name. It was my grandmothers name, who passed away when I was a kid. I don't love the double M, but I think I can deal with it because the middle name means so much to me. Any thoughts on if this just sounds completely terrible and I'm too biased to see it? Thanks in advance! And sorry for the super long post
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But I do really love the name Mable, and I always have. I know some people consider it very old lady-ish, but it's just never felt that way to me. I don't at all put it in the same category as Betsy/Mildred/Beatrice, etc. With certain old fashion names being on the upswing, and it being a 'celebrity baby name' (thanks, Bruce Willis), I really feel like it'll be making a comeback. It's finally grown on MH and I feel like it may be a real possibility if we end up with a little girl.
So with that being said, it should be obvious that I prefer the spelling Mable over Mabel. I've googled it up and down (and searched the BMB) and as far as I can tell, Mable is not incorrect. Or is it!? Many of you seem to be name gurus/linguistic masters...so please enlighten me if I'm totally off base here!
One more thing...if we have a girl named Mable, I'd consider Marilyn for a middle name. It was my grandmothers name, who passed away when I was a kid. I don't love the double M, but I think I can deal with it because the middle name means so much to me. Any thoughts on if this just sounds completely terrible and I'm too biased to see it? Thanks in advance! And sorry for the super long post
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Re: Mable vs Mabel
I guess the fact that it 'looks' like table is sort of why I like it...to me, Mabel looks like "may-bel" whereas Mable looks like "may-bul" (like tay-bul).
This could also be accent related, too. I'm from the north east US (you know, where people say "a" instead of "er" and "er" instead of "a"), so that might make a difference on how I see it and say it.
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Sorry you can't convince your DH, I'll tell you it's taken many years of discussing it as a name for it to start to grow on him! And lack of other choices that we really like has helped, too. I think in both of our cases, we will not be the moms yelling our kids first and middle names when we're angry at them!
ETA: Based on your avatar pic, I'm guessing you're from the same region I am
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I totally get the object v name comparison. Both my first and middle name ends with an E, so maybe just seeing the E on the end feels more natural to me. I also have a 'correct but alternatively spelled' name, and though I love the spelling, I certainly understand the pain of always correcting people...maybe that's too much to add on top of a name that's still pretty uncommon these days (not even in the top 1000).
I think I'm going to try and let Mabel grow on MH and I, and think of it more in terms of the way Michael (ironically, my Dad's name) is spelled.
Thank you all for your replies!! Much appreciated guys ^:)^
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