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Gabel

in North Carolina

There are 53 people with the last name "Gabel" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Gabel 10,436
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  1. is 10,432nd most common Faulkenbury
  2. is 10,433rd most common Feather
  3. is 10,434th most common Feeley
  4. is 10,435th most common Funez
  5. is 10,436th most common Gabel
  6. is 10,437th most common Garlington
  7. is 10,438th most common Gilbreath
  8. is 10,439th most common Glazier
  9. is 10,440th most common Grammer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Steven, Revonda, Robert, Steve, George, Jennifer, John, Marilyn, Amy

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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