It should be perfectly easy to say but I just KNOW people reading it would pronounce it as Annabel.
― Anonymous User 4/4/2024
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Amabel Anderson Arnold LL.M. (1883 – 1936) was an American lawyer and law professor who organized the Woman's State Bar Association of Missouri, the first association of women lawyers in the world.
Amabel Hume-Campbell, 1st Countess de Grey, 5th Baroness Lucas (née Yorke; 1751 – 1833) was a British diarist and political writer who was a countess and baroness in her own right. Had she been male, she would have served in the House of Lords as a Whig. She wrote particularly about the French Revolution.
I pronounce it as Ah-mah-bel. Pronouncing it like Mabel doesn’t make sense to me.
― Anonymous User 8/13/2020
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This is probably one of my favorite names. Less common than Annabelle, simple spelling, works on any age, and it sounds beautiful. Belle and Amy or Ama are all great nicknames!
― Anonymous User 8/13/2020
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Mabel Normand's real name was Amabel Ethelreid Normand.
― Anonymous User 11/25/2019
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Very unique and I love that it is medieval English, plus there are cute nickname options like Ama or Belle.
― Anonymous User 4/23/2018
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I love the name Amabel. To me, it has the edge over Annabel and Mabel, and is underused, compared to both of those names. I do also love Annabel, Annabelle, and Annabella, and Mabel is super cute, but Amabel is just a little less expected, a little older, and somehow, I just find that I am loving it. Amy could be a nickname, as could Belle.
Amabel is one of the children in Georgette Heyer's novel, The Grand Sophy. She's a sweet little girl and when she becomes seriously ill with a fever, this serves as a major turning point in character development and plot for Sophy and Charles (the protagonists).
I really like the sound and meaning of the name Amabel. Amabel is such a cute name. Why did this name stop being used? D:
― Anonymous User 5/17/2015
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Dr. Amabel Swanson (pronounced "AH-mah-bel") is a character in the second installment of the "Penumbra" game series by Frictional Games.
― Anonymous User 5/14/2013
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In the c.1215–30 French prose work 'The Lancelot-Grail', Amable is the name of a damsel who healed Lancelot after he drank water from a poisoned well. She fell in love with him and nearly died from love-sickness, but Lancelot, though he could not become her lover, agreed to become her champion.
Are you guys pronouncing this name "AM-ə-bel" like Annabel or "ə-MAY-bəl" like Mabel? Or some other way - "AYM-ə-bəl" like the word amiable, "AYM-ə-bel".? What do you think?
― Anonymous User 8/23/2009
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I like the name Amabel, but I prefer Mabel, which I love. The "a" is just too random. When I first heard this name all I could think about was the word 'aimiable'. I do prefer this name over Annabel (sorry), and over Amanda (eew, sorry, I can't help it.) But still, I would never name my child Amabel. Sorry.
This is a pretty name without being too fancy, and with a charming meaning. To me it sounds prettier than its short form, "Mabel" (largely due the pronunciation), not that I don't like the name "Mabel".