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At the start of the 20th century, Mabel's popularity began a slow decline which accelerated from the 1930s; the name has seen very light usage since the 1960s. Due to its origin as an abridgement of Amabel it has been surmised that Mabel was originally pronounced with a short A, the name's pronunciation with a long A dating only from its mid ...
When Carling stopped producing Black Label to focus on a more profitable lager, they found their sales plummeting. Carling re-introduced Black Label with a beautiful blonde named Mabel, portrayed by Jeanne Goodspeed, with the slogan "Hey Mabel, Black Label!". The twenty-year marketing campaign cemented the name in the popular culture of America.
Mabel Tolkien (née Suffield; 1870 – 14 November 1904) was the mother of J. R. R. Tolkien. Her parents, John Suffield and Emily Jane Sparrow, lived in Stirling Road, Birmingham and owned a shop in the city centre. The Suffield family had a business in a building called Lamb House since 1812.
Madeleine, or Madeline has biblical origins. The name Magdalena is derived from the Aramaic term "Magdala" (מגדלא), meaning "tower" or "elevated, great." It refers to the town of Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally identified as the hometown of Mary Magdalene (Mary of Magdala), a prominent figure in the New Testament who was a follower of Jesus.
Maeve (in that spelling) was a Top 100 girls' name in Ireland for all but 12 of the 46 years between 1964 and 2009, and Meabh ranked 99th on the list of the most popular Irish girls' names of 2020. In Northern Ireland , Maeve was a Top 100 girls' name between 1997 and 2004, and Meabh ranked 44th in 2017.
Mabel The Hick, a female wrestler from Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling; Mabel Johnson Leland (1871–1947), American lecturer, translator; Mabel Matiz (born 1985), Turkish pop music singer-songwriter; Maybelle Carter (1909–1978), American country musician; Viscera (wrestler) (1971–2014), professional wrestler who used ring name "Mabel"
Gena-logical History of the Milesian Families of Ireland D.W. De Courcy; Genealogical History of the Irish Families John Rooney; Devlins history of his people,.JB Devlin; Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland (1536-1810) Calendar of the State Papers,Ireland May 8, 1647; The Story of an Irish Sept Professor Joseph Chubb Develin D.Litt.
A post office called Mabel was established in 1883, and remained in operation until 1936. [3] The origin or namesake of the name Mabel is uncertain. [4] References