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Mabel Smith (1924 – 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer. Her 1956 hit single "Candy" received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999.
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Maybelle D. Goodlander (1882 – 1959) was an American commercial and portrait photographer based in Muncie, Indiana, in partnership with her older sister Maude Goodlander.
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“Maybelle” could be a way of naming a girl after the Lily-of-the-Valley flower. One of the flower’s many names is “May bells”, as well as “Our Lady’s tears”, “Mary’s tears”, “glovewort”, & “Apollinaris”.
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I prefer May or Belle.
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Maybelle Blair (born 1927) is a former All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player. Listed at 5' 6", 150 lb., she batted and threw right handed.
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Wonderful.
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Maybelle Dorothea Wheeler (most commonly referred to by her last name, Wheeler) is a playable character in the survival-horror video game Don’t Starve. She was introduced in the Hamlet DLC, and is an intrepid explorer, aeronaut and markswoman.
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Lengthy spelling for a short name.
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I named a character in my book Maybelle! Her full name is Maybelle Rifft, and she is the princess of Rifft. I think Maybelle sounds much prettier than Mabel, and it is much less likely to get interpreted as maple.
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Over the top spelling.
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Does sound kinda country, but still pretty.
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Well personally, it does sound a tad bit country. But I still think it’s cute.
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This name can't be taken seriously outside of the Deep South.
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This could also be a combination of the names [MAY] and [BELLE].
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Maybelle (May-bell) was a charector in Bridge to Teribithia!
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Maybelle Carter was an American country musician.
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Hmm... I think it's pretty, but I'm worried that people will think its too 'country'.
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I happen to think that Mabel is an awful, harsh name, and not very feminine--sorry, apologize to all the Mabel's out there, but I can't help but dislike the name. *However*... Maybelle is actually quite pretty. I pronounce it slightly different from Mabel as well: May-bell instead of may-buhl.
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There was a minor character in Gone with the Wind named Maybelle Merriweather. She was played in the film version (in which she appeared without speaking) by actress Mary Anderson. Not really famous, but that's where I first heard this spelling of the name!
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Reminds me of Mayella, the despicable character from "To Kill a Mockingbird". Because of this association I think of Maybelle as a trashy, uneducated, low-class, inbred kind of name.
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This looks like an overly frilly version of Mabel. I much prefer Mabel. I pronounce Mabel and Maybelle pretty much the same. :)
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I'd pronounce this with even stress or slightly like may-BELL. Whereas I pronounce Mabel as MAY-bul. I like this and the variant Maybell.
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I'm sorry to anyone with this name, but this name sounds like something some country farmer would name his/her child.
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Could also be taken as a combination of May and Belle, in which case it means "beautiful hawthorn flower", "beautiful (month of) May", or even "great beauty", depending on which meaning of the name May is used. ("Great beauty" is taken from Belle, French for "beautiful", and Maia, from which May is derived, Latin for "great".) To me, Mabel and Maybelle are different names, because I pronounce Mabel as "MAY-bul" and Maybelle as "MAY-bel".
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