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The appearance of Sable on the US name popularity statistics for 1986 is most likely due to Sabella "Sable" Colby, a character from the popular American television series "Dynasty" (1981-1989) and its spin-off "The Colbys" (1985-1987).
Sable Colby first appeared on "Dynasty" in November 1985. Later that same month, the character became a regular on "The Colbys", which she continued to be until the end of the series in 1987. After that, she reappeared in the final season of "Dynasty" from 1988 to 1989.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable_Colby (in English)
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Sable Colby first appeared on "Dynasty" in November 1985. Later that same month, the character became a regular on "The Colbys", which she continued to be until the end of the series in 1987. After that, she reappeared in the final season of "Dynasty" from 1988 to 1989.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable_Colby (in English)
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Sable is also commonly used as a masculine given name in English. A known fictional male bearer of this name is Famine, a.k.a. Dr. Raven Sable from the novel and TV series Good Omens (novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, TV series by Neil Gaiman). However, Sable is more common for females. So, I think that the "Gender" of this name should be changed from "Feminine" to "Feminine & Masculine".
Sources: https://goodomens.fandom.com/wiki/Famine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens_(TV_series)
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/sable
https://www.gpeters.com/names/baby-names.php?name=Sable
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Sources: https://goodomens.fandom.com/wiki/Famine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Omens_(TV_series)
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/sable
https://www.gpeters.com/names/baby-names.php?name=Sable
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Sable also means ‘sand’ in French. Yeah, I learned it at school.
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Means “saber” in Spanish.
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Sable is Animal Crossing's best girl ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
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This name just makes me think of ferrets to be honest. However, that is definitely not a bad thing! It's a lovely name for either gender.
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My middle name is Sable, but I use it as my first. People either love it or mispronounce it. (stable, saddle, etc.)
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"Silver Sable" From Marvel Comics.
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Sable Able is a character in the Animal Crossing series, co-owning the Able Sisters tailor shop.
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Sable Starr (born Sable Hay Shields, August 15, 1957 – April 18, 2009) was a famous American groupie, romantically linked with punk trailblazers Iggy Pop, Richard Hell, and (long-term) Johnny Thunders.
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I like it, but not as an official first name. It would be the best nickname for Isabel, though.
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Alex James from the band Blur has a daughter named this. That is how the name first came to my attention. I love it.
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I've always thought this was a beautiful name.
There is a small island of the coast of Nova Scotia (Canada), called Sable Island, where the wild horses roam.
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There is a small island of the coast of Nova Scotia (Canada), called Sable Island, where the wild horses roam.
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My sister's name is Sable. It's pronounced SAY-bl. And we do joke about her name, but I think it's beautiful. When she was younger we used to say 'Sable, are you able to watch cable while you're sitting at the table?' We still joke about it from time to time.
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Sable Colby was a character in the 80s soap 'Dynasty'. Her name was short for Sabella.
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It's a name that rhymes with 'table' and 'able', and also 'cable', now that I think about it. And 'fable'. Could lead to bad jokes and poems and songs to make fun of a girl named this. But it's not like anyone would use this old-fashioned name anymore.
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I think this name wouldn't really be a good first name for a human but it would be an alright nickname or even a middle name.
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"Sable" means "sand" in French.
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And in French it's pronounced SAW-bluh, as opposed to SAY-b'l in English.
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What a fascinating female name. I was under the impression it was male (I believe the novel Good Omens has a male character named Sable), but I just encountered a girl with this name today.
One of the female but not conventionally effeminate names out there. I might not use it as a first name, but as a middle name it'd be good.
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One of the female but not conventionally effeminate names out there. I might not use it as a first name, but as a middle name it'd be good.
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There was a female wrestler that went by this name.
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Her name in the show, however, is pronounced "SAH-buhl." In this context it is most likely an Old English variant of Isabel (ultimately derived from biblical Elizabeth) rather than a reference to the animal.