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I say MAY-buh-leen, like the cosmetics brand.

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Like everyone else, I think of the make-up line. And that is pronounced as either MAY-beh-leen or evenly as may-beh-leen.

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I also think of the judge on Divorce Court (a court/reality show on TV filmed in the U.S.) named Mablean Ephriam (that's the spelling I found on the show's web site). But it sounds just like Maybelline. :b

may-buh-LEEN

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Maybelline's the name of a prominent cosmetics brand here, unfortunately. I would like the name if it weren't for the make-up.

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Miranda
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I'd pronounce it entirely may-buh-leen. (Cause of the way the make-up is pronounced.) And that's why I don't like it as a human name, simply because I think make-up, when hearing or seeing the name.

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I would pronounce is "MAY-buh-leen." I love the name Mabel, but Maybelline will always be a cut-rate cosmetic company or a campy rock and roll song (by Chuck Berry.)

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You asked how it would be pronounced in English. Are you French? German? Spanish? Other? (I'm from the U.S., so maybe someone from the U.K. would have a different take on this name in English.)

we pronounce it the same, May-buh-leen. It is the name of a common make up line in america so I wouldn't use it. It seems a bit over the top to me.

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~~~~Kai~~~~
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