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For a girl and I assume pronounced in English it makes me think of fur coats and so seems sort of tacky (like being named Champagne). I actually for a long time though have loved Sable (prn. in French) or Au Sable as a mn for a boy.

It's alright when I first read it I thought it was stable

I think it is alright. It's similar sounding to Mabel so I don't think it's a bad option and the meaning isn't terribly unusual in making traditions. I personally don't like it. To me it is a color I'd only use to describe an animal and a most unappealing old car (my grandparents had a gold Mercury Sable with burgundy fabric interior and that's my first thought).

It's a small brown furry animal. Or a coat made out of their trapped and mutilated dead bodies! Or 'sand' in French. And it sounds like the mutant offspring of Sybil and Mabel. Thumbs down.

Doesn't it mean 'sandy' in French? Not good, if so, though Sandy itself is good. Then there's the fur coat problem. I think it's better left to the antelope or the sort of weaselly animal.

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That said, it's better than Wildebeest or Kudu.

I used to love Sable growing up. It's still nice but for some reason it strikes me as a stripper name. And I think of the WWE wrestler.

It's a guilty peasure for me. I quite like it but I wouldn't use it. Cinder and Thistle have the same feel to me.

to close to the word Stable

It sounds tacky, like a stripper's name.