Mabel
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Mabel is an English female name derived from the Latin amabilis, "lovable, dear".
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- native label
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- Latin script
- Soundex
- M140
- Cologne phonetics
- 615
- Caverphone
- MP1111
- language of work or name
- Dutch
- Commons category
- Mabel (given name)
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Mabel is an English female name derived from the Latin amabilis, "lovable, dear".
==History== Amabilis of Riom (died 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 both a male and female name, or the name's female usage may have been initiated by the female saint Amabilis of Rouen (died 634), the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon king who would have adopted the name Amabilis upon becoming a nun.
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