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Gabel

in Georgia

There are 38 people with the last name "Gabel" in Georgia.

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Ranking in Georgia

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Gabel 13,461
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  1. is 13,457th most common Foulk
  2. is 13,458th most common Frampton
  3. is 13,459th most common Fryman
  4. is 13,460th most common Fullmer
  5. is 13,461st most common Gabel
  6. is 13,462nd most common Gallon
  7. is 13,463rd most common Galyon
  8. is 13,464th most common Geib
  9. is 13,465th most common Genter

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Audrey, David, Christina, Robert, William, Ashley, Beatrice, Brian, Carolyn

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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