Stable
org · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Stable is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Canada. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Cumb and Lancs.
- CACanada
- FRFrance
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Canada (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 81 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishstable(measured from records)
- Middle Englishstable(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Cumb and Lancs. (i) locative name, occupational name from Middle English stable ‘stable’ (Old French estable), for someone who lived near, or worked in, a stable: compare Stabler . (ii) nickname occasionally perhaps from Middle English stable ‘constant, steadfast, resolute’ (Old French estable).
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stable counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA Canada | — | — | Stable | 1 |
| FR France | — | 6 | Stable | 81 |
| US United States | — | 136 | — | 4 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 106 | — | — |
| BR Brazil | — | 105 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Thomas Stableb. 1616British priest (1616-1674)
- Wintringham Stableb. 1888GBHigh Court judge
- Owen Stableb. 1923GBBritish judge
- Arturo Stableb. 1975CUCuban musician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 136 | #130,360 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 131 | #121,780 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 108 | #151,532 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 106 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 105 | #61,079 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 10 | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Stable mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Cumb and Lancs. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- In which country does Stable have the most bearers?
- Stable is most frequently recorded in Canada, where it is most often spelled stable.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/stableThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Stable”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.