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Gabel

in Indiana

There are 49 people with the last name "Gabel" in Indiana.

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Ranking in Indiana

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Gabel 12,315
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  1. is 12,311th most common Fonner
  2. is 12,312th most common Friesner
  3. is 12,313th most common Frison
  4. is 12,314th most common Furst
  5. is 12,315th most common Gabel
  6. is 12,316th most common Gabhart
  7. is 12,317th most common Gaiser
  8. is 12,318th most common Gaydos
  9. is 12,319th most common Gehlbach

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Lisa, Robert, Brian, Dorothy, Linda, Nelson, Ronald, Walter, Allen, Anita

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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