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[Opinions] Maybelle
by xPrincess27x
6/27/2009, 5:42 AM
WDYTO Maybelle for a girl? I like it pronounced like two names put together: May Belle. I dislike the name Mabel. Do you think people would pronounce it more like Mabel? To stop the confusion would it be better to hyphenate the name, May-Belle, or to have a double first name, May Belle?Also, any middle name suggestions?Thank you.
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- Vek (Kalvin)
6/27/2009, 1:43 PM
I kinda like this name as May Belle (hhyphen optional). May - Belle Rosamond
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- Circus Lullaby
6/27/2009, 1:26 PM
It's far too Southern for me so can't say I like it. I'd probably pick it over Mabel but not happily. I don't think the pronunciation would get mixed up often, if it were Maybel then it'd be a different story. But yeah, way too southern not my style at all.
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- Avis
6/27/2009, 11:21 AM
It just makes me think of Maybelline cosmetics. May Belle or Maybelle feels very frilly to me. I think people would probably pronounce it May Belle, but May-Belle would emphasize that pronounciation.Maybelle Caroline
Maybelle Irena
Maybelle Rosalie
Maybelle Genevieve
Maybelle Josephine
Maybelle Jessamine
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- TheDreadedSockMonkey
6/27/2009, 10:21 AM
Some might pronounce it as Mabel, but I immediately read it as May Belle. It's a little more frilly than my personal taste, but it's all right.Maybelle Jane
Maybelle Amaya
Maybelle Helena
Maybelle Sophia
Maybelle Ava
Maybelle Irene
Maybelle Josephine
Maybelle Veronica
Maybelle Isolde
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- tiktokism
6/27/2009, 9:44 AM
Maybelle is always pronounced May Belle to me, not Mabel-rhymes-with-table. I first saw it in Gone With The Wind and it took me a while to even realize that it COULD be pronounced the same as Mabel, so I doubt that anyone else that saw it in writing would pronounce it that way. I like it - I have a great fondness for Mae/May in general.I think it sounds well with classic mns - Catherine, Mary, Jacqueline, etc.
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- Anthroponomastics
6/27/2009, 8:41 AM
I first heard that name this morning while watching Hairspray for the first time. I think it's a nice name. And no, I don't think many people would pronounce it like Mabel...use it as a full name if you please...otherwise use May Belle.
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- gigibee (guest)
6/27/2009, 7:16 AM
I like Maybelle. This is the name of a long-ago friend of my mother's, who also happened to be a commercially successful artist.It was pronounced MayBELL, which I believe is what you want. I agree with whichever poster it was who said that separating the names, or adding a hyphen, lends a rather awkward and hickish feel.Although Maybelle is a bit frilly, I don't see it as being overly so. It certainly is not as frilly as names such as Arabella or other -bella names, for example.
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- Leontine (Katja Eidis)
6/27/2009, 7:01 AM
I love the name Maybelle. My nans first name is Maybel and she pronounces it May-Belle anyways. I don't think it needs to be hypenated.:0)
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- iolite
6/27/2009, 6:58 AM
Aw, I love Mabel, and I don't like Maybelle at all. I do think Maybelle would be pronounced like Mabel very frequently. Look at Maybelline cosmetics...it's pronounced like Mabel + een. I think hyphenating it or separating Maybelle into a double name would help the pronunciation issue but probably not eliminate it completely. Of the two options, I prefer the double name. May Belle has a frilly, hickish quality that I believe hyphenating only emphasizes.
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- Llewella (penguiny7)
6/27/2009, 6:00 AM
It's a GP of mine. It's overly frilly, but it makes me picture a sweet, friendly, hospitable southern girl from the Civil War Era. I can't see it being pronounced like Mabel since it has the -le. I don't like the look of May Belle or May-Belle. That makes it seem even more cutesy than it already is. Odd that I only like Maybelle because I don't generally like smooshed together names.My combo is Maybelle Virginia!
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