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Gabel

in California

There are 442 people with the last name "Gabel" in California.

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Gabel 5,713
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  1. is 5,709th most common Wallen
  2. is 5,710th most common Abell
  3. is 5,711th most common Atencio
  4. is 5,712th most common Derby
  5. is 5,713th most common Gabel
  6. is 5,714th most common Heintz
  7. is 5,715th most common Horst
  8. is 5,716th most common Isom
  9. is 5,717th most common Munn

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

James, John, Richard, Mary, Paul, Steven, Michael, Robert, Betty, Daniel

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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