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Gabel

in Alabama

There are 77 people with the last name "Gabel" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

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Gabel 5,153
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  1. is 5,149th most common Dixson
  2. is 5,150th most common Ellett
  3. is 5,151st most common Erby
  4. is 5,152nd most common Favors
  5. is 5,153rd most common Gabel
  6. is 5,154th most common Godbold
  7. is 5,155th most common Gough
  8. is 5,156th most common Gover
  9. is 5,157th most common Granade

Similar Names and Nicknames

Gaber, Gobel, Gabe, Gabehart, Gabert, Gebel, Gabelman, Gavel, Gobeli, Gobeil

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Deborah, Michael, Mike, Albert, Andrew, Barbara, Clifford, Donna, Earnest, Ernest

Meaning & History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a maker and seller of forks, from Middle High German gabel(e), German Gabel ‘fork’. The reference is to any of the various pieces of agricultural equipment denoted by this word, for example hay forks, shearlegs, etc. Table forks were not used in Germany for eating before the 16th century.

German: topographic name for someone who lived near a fork in a road or river, or owned a forked piece of land, from the German word in this transferred sense.

German: habitational name from any of the places called Gabel in Germany, in Schleswig, Thuringia, Silesia, and in particular one in Bohemia, which derive their name from Slavic jablo ‘apple tree’.

German: from a short form of Gabriel.

Americanized spelling of German Gäbel (see Gaebel) or Göbel (see Goebel).

Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of 1–3 above.

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