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Gabel

in Delaware

There are 11 people with the last name "Gabel" in Delaware.

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Ranking in Delaware

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Gabel 8,683
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  1. is 8,679th most common Fuhrman
  2. is 8,680th most common Fulkerson
  3. is 8,681st most common Furber
  4. is 8,682nd most common Furness
  5. is 8,683rd most common Gabel
  6. is 8,684th most common Galante
  7. is 8,685th most common Gamber
  8. is 8,686th most common Garbowski
  9. is 8,687th most common Garneski

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Mel, Amy, Arthur, Elizabeth, Gregory, Herbert, Lorraine, Lynn, Melissa, Randy

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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