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Gabel

in Minnesota

There are 87 people with the last name "Gabel" in Minnesota.

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Gabel 7,393
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  1. is 7,389th most common Eason
  2. is 7,390th most common Eidenschink
  3. is 7,391st most common Fanning
  4. is 7,392nd most common Forsell
  5. is 7,393rd most common Gabel
  6. is 7,394th most common Gentz
  7. is 7,395th most common Gjerstad
  8. is 7,396th most common Greve
  9. is 7,397th most common Gubrud

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Jack, Mark, Mary, Tom, Adam, April, Crystal, David, Gary, Jacquelyn

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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