Mable

English

Etymology

Variant of Mabel.

Proper noun

Mable (plural Mables)

1. A female given name from Latin, variant of Mabel.
   • 1892, Walter Malone, “Mary”, in Narcissus: and Other Poems, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 133:

     And "Mable"'s a name that ever sounds sweetly / And charms and enchants a mortal completely

2. A surname originating as a matronymic.

Derived terms

• Mableton

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mable is the 41303^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 527 individuals. Mable is most common among Black/African American (60.34%) and White (33.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mable”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 481.

Anagrams

• Amble, Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Melba, amble, belam, blame, melba