Mable
English
Etymology
Variant of Mabel.
Proper noun
Mable (plural Mables)
- A female given name from Latin, variant of Mabel.
- 1892 Walter Malone, Narcissus: and Other Poems, J. B. Lippincott Company 1892, page 133 ("Mary"):
- And "Mable"'s a name that ever sounds sweetly / And charms and enchants a mortal completely
- 1892 Walter Malone, Narcissus: and Other Poems, J. B. Lippincott Company 1892, page 133 ("Mary"):
- A surname originating as a matronymic.
Derived terms
- Mableton
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mable is the 41303rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 527 individuals. Mable is most common among Black/African American (60.34%) and White (33.02%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mable”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 481.
Anagrams
- Amble, Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Melba, amble, belam, blame, melba