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Gabel

in New Jersey

There are 159 people with the last name "Gabel" in New Jersey.

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Gabel 5,026
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  1. is 5,022nd most common Doe
  2. is 5,023rd most common Eberle
  3. is 5,024th most common Eugene
  4. is 5,025th most common Fleischman
  5. is 5,026th most common Gabel
  6. is 5,027th most common Gauthier
  7. is 5,028th most common Gillette
  8. is 5,029th most common Guerin
  9. is 5,030th most common Jester

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

John, Robert, James, Arthur, David, Christopher, Danny, Donna, Douglas, Edward

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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