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Gabel

in Iowa

There are 156 people with the last name "Gabel" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Gabel 2,221
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  1. is 2,217th most common Dayton
  2. is 2,218th most common Derry
  3. is 2,219th most common Dowell
  4. is 2,220th most common Farris
  5. is 2,221st most common Gabel
  6. is 2,222nd most common Ham
  7. is 2,223rd most common Koopman
  8. is 2,224th most common Newberry
  9. is 2,225th most common Noe

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

David, James, Brian, Steven, Don, Kathy, Richard, Roger, Adam, Alvin

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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