Given name & surname
Mabelle
“one who is lovable”
Mabelle is a variant of Mabel. One English interpretation is “one who is lovable.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mabelle is a variant of Mabel. One English interpretation is “one who is lovable.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mabelle is a variant of Mabel. An origin associated with Mabel is Old French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Mabelle is used as a spelling variant of Mabel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mabelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,608
- 0 boys · 2,608 girls
- Most popular year
- 1893
- 83 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,660 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,660 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 83 in 1893. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 404 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mabelle’s family of names
Mabelle has a related form in Mabel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mabelle
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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