Maybel
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Maybel by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Maybel. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Maybel
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maybel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mabellovable1,527 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maebellovable; a form of mabel13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maribelof the sea and beautiful; blend of Maria and Isabel130 in the US (2017)
- Marielof the sea; a form of Mary or Muriel124 in the US (2017)
- Maytebeloved; a respelling of Maite77 in the US (2017)
- Maybellemay flower beautiful; a form of Maybelle28 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maybel
Names that are said the same way as Maybel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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