Maybelle as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Maybelle

What is the meaning of the name Maybelle ?

The baby name Maybelle is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAY-bell (IPA: /ˈmeɪbəl/).

Maybelle is English in Origin.

Maybelle is an English feminine name most often an embellished form of Mabel, itself a medieval contraction of Amabel (from Latin amabilis, “lovable”). In some families it has also arisen as a compound of May (the month or the diminutive of Mary/Margaret) and Belle (“beautiful” in French), yielding overlapping senses of “lovable” and “beautiful May.”

The name came to notice in the late 19th century United States and peaked in the early 1900s, fitting the fashion for elaborated belles and double names. It carries a strong Southern-American association through “Mother” Maybelle Carter of the pioneering Carter Family. Variant spellings include Mabelle, Maybel, Maybell, May-Belle, and the base forms Mabel and Amabel; related short forms are May/Mae, Belle, and Mabs/Mab. Today Maybelle reads as a vintage charmer ripe for revival alongside Mabel, Annabelle, and other turn-of-the-century favorites.