Which do you think are the best? would you say that all are good names even if they aren’t your favourites?
1 [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
2 [name_f]Maude[/name_f]
3 [name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
The only one I don’t think is ready for revival is [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] (rhymes with turtle! :)). I don’t think the sound is very attractive.
None of them are my favorites, but of these four names I prefer [name_f]Mabel[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] and I like [name_f]Maude[/name_f]. The other two aren’t my style, but they’re not bad names per se.
Surely you wouldn’t be to unhappy if you were called [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]?
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] is by far the best.
Then [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] and [name_f]Maude[/name_f]. [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] just doesn’t sound nice, I prefer [name_f]Mildred[/name_f].
No, no, no, no (unless you’re planning a new version of ‘The [name_u]Golden[/name_u] Girls’…w/quadruplet sisters w/bad names).
I like [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] and [name_f]Mavis[/name_f], but prefer [name_f]Mabel[/name_f].
Let’s see…if I was called:
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]: I would probably wish to go by [name_f]May[/name_f] or [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], as I used [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] [name_m]Beacon[/name_m] typing in elementary school and I wouldn’t want to be associated with that. As I grew, though, I would probably appreciate it more, but I’m not a big fan of the hissing “is” sound at the end. Or sounding like a car make. So I’d have people call me [name_f]May[/name_f].
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]: I wouldn’t find anything wrong or untoward with my name, and my occasional nickname would be [name_f]May[/name_f].
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]: I would come home crying after kids called me a turtle when I was like seven, but then my mother would show me pictures of the beautiful flower I’m named after. I would shoot the bullies down with “actually, it’s a flower, so ha!” I’d grow proud of my name, and do everything in my power to avoid being called [name_f]Myrt[/name_f].
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]: I would find this name dark, dreary, and odd, especially with “odd” build right in. I don’t have a great meaning to fall back on (“Battle-mighty.” [name_m]How[/name_m] medieval), and I’d probably go by my middle name.
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] first and [name_f]Maude[/name_f] second. I don’t care for the others.
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] then [name_f]Mabel[/name_f]. I don’t care for either [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] or [name_f]Maude[/name_f]. [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] makes me think of Moaning [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] from [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] and [name_f]Maude[/name_f] just sounds dreary to me.
Keep in mind I am an odd one, but [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] is beautiful. [name_m]Just[/name_m] think of the beautiful blossom, smell and so. Plus Great [name_m]Gatsby[/name_m]. There was an interesting threadhttp://https://nameberry.com/nametalk/threads/129472-Myrtle-opinions-beyond-Harry-Potter-character about [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] and I am sure she deserves good attention. And, if pronounced like [name_f]Mirtle[/name_f], you don’t get “turtle” but nickname [name_f]Mira[/name_f].
Second favorite [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], than [name_f]Mavis[/name_f], followed by [name_f]Maude[/name_f].
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] & [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] i think are as you say good names in that they can be used without deep consideration.
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] & [name_f]Maude[/name_f] have heavier ‘old lady’ connotations and therefore would have to be used more carefully and in conjunction with the proper second name. [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] is a little, but i think of [name_f]Mavin[/name_f] where i hear it so it feel goes into a different category for me.
for me two names that are heavily weighted in the same category can give off a horrible overdone effect. mixing and matching helps temper this feeling, unless you go overboard and do complete opposites which can then just draw more attention to the connotation problem.
so for [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] and [name_f]Maude[/name_f] i would have to add something a lil more modern or classically feminine.
i currently love [name_f]Maudlin[/name_f], i saw it and it really transformed the way i looked at [name_f]Maude[/name_f], from completely unusable to MINDBLOWINGLY SIMPLE & [name_f]LOVELY[/name_f] lol.
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] isnt as bad for me, despite for the [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m] ghost, because it reminds me of Crepe [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f], the flowering shrub. so it has a better ‘after taste’ than its initial old lady vibe. to continue the nature theme [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] Rosavine softens any harshness the name originally had alone.
idk if id be brave enough but if i had a lil [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] id want a [name_m]Turtle[/name_m] nursery 
plus think of all the personalization and stationary possibilities!!!
in case you dont know what a Crepe [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] is, you may see them all the time and not even realize it:
The Complete Guide to Crepe Myrtles - Southern Living
I don’t like [name_f]Mavis[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] or [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] at all. Too old lady for me. And not in a good way. But I adore [name_f]Maude[/name_f]!! I have a cousin [name_f]Maude[/name_f] and she’s always gone by [name_f]Maudie[/name_f]. [name_f]Love[/name_f] it. Such a nice name.
in my own experience, [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] & [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] & [name_f]Maude[/name_f] should have never been a thing. [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] is okay. sorry =x
Yeah, I’m afraid I would be unhappy with being called [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f]. I would probably go by my middle name (if it was ok) or I would have officially changed it when I turned eighteen. I wouldn’t tell anyone what my “real” name was and if anyone found out by accident I would hang my head in shame and hibernate in my bedroom until my extreme embarrassment subsided. I think that answers your question
I like [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] the best. [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] is okay but I don’t care for the others.
I love [name_f]Maude[/name_f]. [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] and [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] are pretty too, and [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] is okay, although it’s not my style.
I know a 2 year old [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] and the name is utterly adorable and perfect on her. I think it has enough similarities to modern names ([name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_f]Avis[/name_f]) that it can stand on it’s own.
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] I also think is useable, though I’d personally prefer [name_f]Mabelle[/name_f] (I just prefer the may-belle pronunciation, as it’s not as flat as may-bull). But again, I think it’s similar enough to [name_f]May[/name_f] and [name_f]Belle[/name_f] to stand, though it definitely still has a dusty feel.
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f], though a lovely tree, still feels very dusty, but I can see it being used by a trendy, hipster family and it being really awesome on a little girl. And [name_f]Tilly[/name_f] could work as a nn.
[name_f]Maude[/name_f] I just really don’t like at all. My first thought is maudlin, then odd. And it has a very crusty, dirty, bitter, old woman vibe.
Try as I might, I still can’t come around to the old lady names yet. I definitely prefer [name_f]Mabel[/name_f] from your list. [name_f]Maude[/name_f] and [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] just scream old lady to me. [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] isn’t particularly old, but I just don’t like the sound of it, never have. Sounds like nevus.