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Gabel

in South Dakota

There are 53 people with the last name "Gabel" in South Dakota.

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Ranking in South Dakota

NameRank
Gabel 1,906
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  1. is 1,902nd most common Faber
  2. is 1,903rd most common Farrar
  3. is 1,904th most common Feltman
  4. is 1,905th most common Flemming
  5. is 1,906th most common Gabel
  6. is 1,907th most common Hanks
  7. is 1,908th most common Haugan
  8. is 1,909th most common Hays
  9. is 1,910th most common Heaton

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Steve, Vinton, Brenda, James, Mike, Patsy, Anna, Audrey, Bethany, Betty

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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