Meaning and background
The story behind Mable
Mable is an attested variant spelling of Mabel, with the same familiar “MAY-bəl” sound. Its deeper name history therefore reaches the medieval English form of Latin Amabilis, associated with being lovable. The different letter order does not create a different ancient root. For a dog, Mable may be chosen to reflect a family spelling or simply because the owner prefers the way it looks.
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About Mable
Recorded as a dog’s name
Mable appears in 5 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/meɪbəl/
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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/meɪbəl/ · primary stress on syllable 1M EY1 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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