The surname of MABEN was an English medieval given name MABBE, originally derived from the Latin AMABILIS meaning loveable. Surnames having a derivation from nicknames form the broadest and most miscellaneous class of surnames, encompassing many different types of origin. The most typical classes refer adjectivally to the general physical aspect of the person concerned, or to his character. Many nicknames refer to a man's size or height, while others make reference to a favoured article of clothing or style of dress. Many surnames derived from the names of animals and birds. In the Middle Ages ideas were held about the characters of other living creatures, based on observation, and these associations were reflected and reinforced by large bodies of folk tales featuring animals behaving as humans. The name has survived into the 20th century as Mabel. Early records of the name mention MABBE (without surname) who was recorded in 1293 in County Chester, and Ralph John Mabbe was documented in London in the year 1278. John Mabbys appears in Bedfordshire in 1309. Emmanuelle MABON, who was recorded in 1314 and Edward MABON of Yorkshire, who was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. It was not until the 10th century that modern hereditary surnames first developed, and the use of fixed names spread, first to France, and then England, then to Germany and all of Europe. In these parts of Europe, the individual man was becoming more important, commerce was increasing and the exact identification of each man was becoming a necessity. Even today however, the Church does not recognise surnames. Baptisms and marriages are performed through use of the Christian name alone. Thus hereditary names as we know them today developed gradually during the 11th to the 15th century in the various European countries. Later instances of the name include Richard Morecocke and Elizabeth MABONE, who were married in London in the year 1582, and Andrew MABON and Sarah Wright were wed at St. George's, Hanover Square, London in 1806. |
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