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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. 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.
  2. French: from the personal name Amable (from Latin Amabilis meaning ‘loveable’).