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Mabel

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I never liked the sound of Ida. Mabel may be a bit saccharine, but I like the sound of it. Maybie is a cute NN.

Ida

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l don't really like either, but Ida is at least tolerable.

Ida

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Pronounced EE-da, not IE-da.

Ida, definitely. Mabel is too much of an old lady name for me.

Probably Ida...

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I want to love Ida but I'm not entirely sold on it yet. However, Mabel sounds sickly sweet to me and I just can't like that one.

My daughter is Mabel Susannah, so I guess you know my answer. :)

Mabel. So soft and graceful.

Mabel. Ida is genuinely awful. We couldn't believe it when a friend named her baby this!!

That is hard.

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I think I would go with Ida. I like it better in general.

Mabel.

Mabel

Mabel

Ida

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Probably as EE-duh. I just prefer the sound, imagery, and it's already on my list.

Mabel

Ida

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Though I prefer Aida.

Mabel.
Simply because Ida is incredible boring and childish to me.

Ida. It's still in the top 50 here so it wouldn't be a strange choice.
I pronounce Ida like ee-da, by the way.

Mabel

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nn Mae

I'd go the Mabel route without hesitation. partly for its retro charm, and partly because it shortens to May without actually being May!

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Where I live, Ida can be either IEda or EEda. I know a Hyphen-Ida person (not Anne-Ida, but it could be) who uses the EEda version for family reasons.

Mabel, it is a lovely sweet name and I much prefer it to Ida which is to old fashioned for me and not a fan of the sound.

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Easy, she would definitely be Mabel.

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:)

Mabel, if it was Ada I would of chosen that!

Ida

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It's kinda shiny. Not as shiny as Ada or Iris, but shiny.

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Mabel is stable. Like a table. What it says on the label. I picture a plain stocky girl/woman working at a butcher shop or foundry. I don't know where that association comes from, but Mabel is definitely not the same as Maybelle.

This is really simple for me. Ida 100% so gorgouse!!

Mabel

Mabel

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Mabel, not even close

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I think Mabel is so adorable and Ida so hideous.

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Ida.

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My husband has an aunt Ida and I like her quite a lot. She's a fun, intelligent, thoughtful and a good person.

Mabel

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It's cute

Ida!

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I love Ida, BUT I pronounce it EE-da. I would totally use Ida or Alida nn Ida. I love the punchy sound, and even though it's not common, it's recognizable and fits in with modern American names.

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I don't understand the appeal of Mabel, it's very syrup-y. I knew a Mabelle and that was slightly better but still sickly sweet to me.

Ida. I like the simplicity. I like the "openness," if that makes any sense.