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Gabel

in New Mexico

There are 59 people with the last name "Gabel" in New Mexico.

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Ranking in New Mexico

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Gabel 2,653
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  1. is 2,649th most common Dupree
  2. is 2,650th most common Eddy
  3. is 2,651st most common Flint
  4. is 2,652nd most common Fredrickson
  5. is 2,653rd most common Gabel
  6. is 2,654th most common Goetz
  7. is 2,655th most common Humphries
  8. is 2,656th most common Jauregui
  9. is 2,657th most common Joyner

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Joan, Brad, Carol, David, Frank, Gregory, Kolman, Mary, Nicole, Theresa

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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