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Gabel

in Michigan

There are 150 people with the last name "Gabel" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Gabel 6,849
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  1. is 6,845th most common Doucette
  2. is 6,846th most common Dunson
  3. is 6,847th most common Eder
  4. is 6,848th most common Elswick
  5. is 6,849th most common Gabel
  6. is 6,850th most common Garth
  7. is 6,851st most common Gilbertson
  8. is 6,852nd most common Grulke
  9. is 6,853rd most common Hellebuyck

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

David, James, Michael, Jennifer, Lynn, Robert, Ronald, Steven, Susan, Charles

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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