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Gabel

in Maine

There are 7 people with the last name "Gabel" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Gabel 15,041
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  1. is 15,037th most common Fucini
  2. is 15,038th most common Fultz
  3. is 15,039th most common Funderburk
  4. is 15,040th most common Gaba
  5. is 15,041st most common Gabel
  6. is 15,042nd most common Gaffen
  7. is 15,043rd most common Gaghan
  8. is 15,044th most common Gagon
  9. is 15,045th most common Gaiser

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Anne, Devora, Diane, Edward, Luann, Steven, Thomas

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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