Gabel

in Ohio

There are 452 people with the last name "Gabel" in Ohio.

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Ranking in Ohio

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Gabel 2,603
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  1. is 2,599th most common Bash
  2. is 2,600th most common Buckingham
  3. is 2,601st most common Clapper
  4. is 2,602nd most common Fryman
  5. is 2,603rd most common Gabel
  6. is 2,604th most common Gillen
  7. is 2,605th most common Horstman
  8. is 2,606th most common Judd
  9. is 2,607th most common Newkirk

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Robert, James, Michael, John, David, Brian, Thomas, Elizabeth, Kenneth, Mark



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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