Given name & surname
Maybell
“one who is lovable”
Maybell is a variant of Mabel. One English interpretation is “one who is lovable.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maybell is a variant of Mabel. One English interpretation is “one who is lovable.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maybell is a variant of Mabel. An origin associated with Mabel is Old French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maybell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,207
- 0 boys · 2,207 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 73 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 73 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 482 as a first name in 2020; 195 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maybell’s family of names
Maybell has a related form in Mabel.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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