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Gabel

in Missouri

There are 243 people with the last name "Gabel" in Missouri.

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Ranking in Missouri

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Gabel 2,811
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  1. is 2,807th most common Adcock
  2. is 2,808th most common Bostic
  3. is 2,809th most common Deweese
  4. is 2,810th most common Dierker
  5. is 2,811th most common Gabel
  6. is 2,812th most common Gaither
  7. is 2,813th most common Gossett
  8. is 2,814th most common Jacoby
  9. is 2,815th most common Leigh

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Scott, James, John, William, Gary, Jeffrey, Kevin, Robert, Alvin, Kenneth

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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