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          | Basia (F)> Maybelle (F)> 
 Maybelle (female)
|  |  | Derivative of: | Belle (F) May (F) |  | Can be spelt: | Mabel (F) |  
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| Source(s): | The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
 
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| Notes: | English, especially US, either a spelling elaboration of Mabel, from Old French "friendly, amiable" or by the combination of May and Belle. | 
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