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Gabel

in Illinois

There are 417 people with the last name "Gabel" in Illinois.

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Gabel 2,636
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  1. is 2,632nd most common Kyle
  2. is 2,633rd most common Rader
  3. is 2,634th most common Reinhardt
  4. is 2,635th most common Vetter
  5. is 2,636th most common Gabel
  6. is 2,637th most common Raines
  7. is 2,638th most common Slack
  8. is 2,639th most common Whiting
  9. is 2,640th most common Feeney

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Patricia, John, Michael, Richard, Elizabeth, David, Mark, Andrew, Daniel, Sarah

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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