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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Hampshire) : of uncertain origin. It could be from a pet form of a Middle English female personal name, Mab(be) (see Mabbitt). Alternatively, it may be an altered form of Mowbray.
  • French : from the personal name Amable (from Latin Amabilis meaning ‘loveable’).

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