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Gabel

in Louisiana

There are 35 people with the last name "Gabel" in Louisiana.

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Gabel 10,307
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  1. is 10,303rd most common Foltz
  2. is 10,304th most common Fontan
  3. is 10,305th most common Frentz
  4. is 10,306th most common Fuglaar
  5. is 10,307th most common Gabel
  6. is 10,308th most common Gadson
  7. is 10,309th most common Gasser
  8. is 10,310th most common Gathe
  9. is 10,311th most common Godoy

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Christopher, David, John, Benjamin, Brandy, Carroll, Catherine, Dawn, Ernest, Fran

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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