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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : from the medieval female personal name Mabe, a short form of Mabelie, derived from a Latin personal name and saint’s name (A)mabilia. Compare Mabbitt.
  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : unexplained.

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