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Gabel

in Rhode Island

There are 12 people with the last name "Gabel" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Gabel 10,551
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  1. is 10,547th most common Fraticelli
  2. is 10,548th most common Frizzell
  3. is 10,549th most common Fucile
  4. is 10,550th most common Furness
  5. is 10,551st most common Gabel
  6. is 10,552nd most common Gadouas
  7. is 10,553rd most common Gaffett
  8. is 10,554th most common Gallegos
  9. is 10,555th most common Gallison

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Marc, Darrin, Diane, Francis, Frank, Gregory, Pete, Peter, Ram, Rani

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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