Meaning and background
The story behind Annabelle
Annabelle is a variant of Annabel used in English and French. Behind the Name also allows the familiar reading of Anna combined with French belle, beautiful, while the linked Annabel entry preserves an older connection with Amabel. That layered history makes the final belle more than a decorative spelling choice. A dog owner honouring an Annabelle can retain the full family form on records and decide separately whether Anna, Belle or another household nickname feels appropriate.
- Origin
- Variant of Annabel, also interpretable as Anna and French belle, beautiful. Source · Source 2
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About Annabelle
Recorded as a dog’s name
Annabelle appears in 17 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ænəbəl/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ænəbəl/ · primary stress on syllable 1AE1 N AH0 B AH0 L
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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