I've always thought this was a beautiful name. There is a small island of the coast of Nova Scotia (Canada), called Sable Island, where the wild horses roam.
― Anonymous User 8/12/2010
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My sister's name is Sable. It's pronounced SAY-bl. And we do joke about her name, but I think it's beautiful. When she was younger we used to say 'Sable, are you able to watch cable while you're sitting at the table?' We still joke about it from time to time.
It's a name that rhymes with 'table' and 'able', and also 'cable', now that I think about it. And 'fable'. Could lead to bad jokes and poems and songs to make fun of a girl named this. But it's not like anyone would use this old-fashioned name anymore.
What a fascinating female name. I was under the impression it was male (I believe the novel Good Omens has a male character named Sable), but I just encountered a girl with this name today.One of the female but not conventionally effeminate names out there. I might not use it as a first name, but as a middle name it'd be good.