Mable
English
Etymology
Variant of Mabel.
Proper noun
Mable (plural Mables)
- A female given name from Latin, variant of Mabel.
- 1892, Walter Malone, “Mary”, in Narcissus: and Other Poems, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 133:
- And "Mable"'s a name that ever sounds sweetly / And charms and enchants a mortal completely
- A surname originating as a matronymic.
Derived terms
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.
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