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Gabel

in Colorado

There are 165 people with the last name "Gabel" in Colorado.

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Ranking in Colorado

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Gabel 2,901
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  1. is 2,897th most common Cooney
  2. is 2,898th most common Daigle
  3. is 2,899th most common Dorr
  4. is 2,900th most common Foust
  5. is 2,901st most common Gabel
  6. is 2,902nd most common German
  7. is 2,903rd most common Hermosillo
  8. is 2,904th most common Herrington
  9. is 2,905th most common Hollenbeck

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Linda, James, Richard, David, Joan, Kimberlee, Michael, Patricia, Ron, Sandra

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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