Maebelle
Feminine · “Latin "lovable”
Mabel is the one -bel name where the beautiful reading is close to right. It comes from Amabel, from Latin amabilis, lovable — so unlike Isabel, whose ending is an accident, Mabel really does carry a Latin word about being loved.
How old is the name Maebelle?
Maebelle first appears in US birth records in 1884 — 141 years ago. The typical Maebelle alive today was born around 1924, making them about 101 years old. About 300 people named Maebelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maebelle most popular?
Maebelle peaked in 1884, reaching #793 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 6,698 places below that high. See the whole 1884 chart.
Where it comes from
From amabilis to Maebelle
The story of Maebelle
Mabel was ordinary in medieval England and then declined sharply, surviving mainly in Ireland; Charlotte Yonge's writing on names and a general Victorian medieval revival brought it back in the nineteenth century, and it became one of the standard American names of the 1880s and 1890s. The respellings arrived with it — Maybelle, Maybell, Maebelle, Mabelle — mostly reading the first syllable as the month or as a modal verb rather than as a clipped Ama-. That obscured the origin further, which is why the name is now often assumed to be a compound of May and Belle. It is not. Maebelle peaks in 1884.
Meaning
Latin "lovable"
From amabilis, lovable, from amare, to love. The medieval name Amabel lost its first syllable to give Mabel, a very common English name from the twelfth century onward. Isabel's -bel, by contrast, is the tail end of Elisabeth and has nothing to do with beauty or love. Maebelle is a nineteenth-century American respelling with the ae digraph and the French -elle ending.
How the name formed
- amabilis
- Amabel
- Mabel
- Maebelle
Related forms: Mabel · Maybelle · Amable
Pronouncing Maebelle
MAY-bell
Two syllables, stress on the first. Mabel is MAY-bul with the second syllable reduced; the -belle spelling gives it a fuller vowel and a slight second stress.
Nicknames for Maebelle
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1884
- Most girls named
- 192740 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #793reached in 1884
- Change vs 2023
- −12.5%14 in 2025, from 16
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maebelle in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Mabel in English — spelling variant
- Maybelle in English — spelling variant
- Amable in French — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Maebelles among us
people named Maebelle are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Maebelle
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Maebelle sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Maebelle beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maebelle in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Latin meaning is settled and warm: lovable.
- Mae and Belle both work as short forms and stand alone.
- It has a documented medieval English history.
- It is widely assumed to be May plus Belle, which it is not.
- Mabel and Maybelle are competing spellings.
- The 1880s peak dates a bearer strongly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maebelles are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Maebelle are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Maebelle in 2025?
- Maebelle ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maebelle?
- About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Maebelle — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maebelle with classmates?
- Maebelle will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Maebelle
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