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Gabel

in Maryland

There are 43 people with the last name "Gabel" in Maryland.

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Gabel 11,383
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  1. is 11,379th most common Fredrick
  2. is 11,380th most common Freiman
  3. is 11,381st most common Fricke
  4. is 11,382nd most common Frome
  5. is 11,383rd most common Gabel
  6. is 11,384th most common Ganey
  7. is 11,385th most common Gateau
  8. is 11,386th most common Gheen
  9. is 11,387th most common Gilbreath

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Aimee, Daniel, David, Jo, Kevin, Mark, Michael, Amanda, Amy, Barbara

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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