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I think Maybelle is very pretty and sweet. I pronounce it May-bell, so different to Mabel. I do prefer the simpler Mabel though, which I find delightfully retro and cute. Maybelle for a mn for a baby girl born in May would be too cute for words though!

I like Mabel more, but I do like Maybelle. I know a little Maybelle who is about 7.

I think that Maybelle is pretty, but I prefer the name Mabel.

Far better then Mabel, just the pronunciation. Chef's kiss.

I like it lately.
It's more sunny and open than Mabel.
Mabel is more syrupy and sleek.

I much prefer Mabel, because Maybelle to me looks like it sounds like May-Belle, which I don't like. Maybelle seems more like a cow name, but subtler Mabel is more suited to a person with its vintage charm. All that being said, I don't hate Maybelle, but it's not what I would call my favourite

I like it more than Mabel but probably wouldn't use it because it seems overdecorated and too sweet.

I don’t like Mabel and I like Maybelle even less. Mabel is extremely old fashioned and dated while Maybelle reminds of a brassy and rude matriarch of a large family from the south. I read a book one time where a character named Maybelle was just that.

I prefer Mabel to Maybelle.

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Maybelle is very Southern to me. The country singing Carter Family had a matriarch named Maybelle. Of course, her daughter June Carter married the legendary Johnny Cash and the rest is history.

I quite enjoy Mabel; pleasantly vintage. Maybelle, however, is too close to the eye makeup brand - Maybelline - and looks like fake French. I'm sure Poirot's little grey cells would bristle at the sight and sound of it!

Better than Mabel, still don't really like it