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Gabel

in Oregon

There are 101 people with the last name "Gabel" in Oregon.

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Ranking in Oregon

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Gabel 3,855
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  1. is 3,851st most common Cutting
  2. is 3,852nd most common Dirks
  3. is 3,853rd most common Fiedler
  4. is 3,854th most common Frame
  5. is 3,855th most common Gabel
  6. is 3,856th most common Gerard
  7. is 3,857th most common Giese
  8. is 3,858th most common Higdon
  9. is 3,859th most common Hiller

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Jamie, Lyle, Virginia, Alan, Barbara, Elizabeth, Howard, Jack, John

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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