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Gabel

in Virginia

There are 64 people with the last name "Gabel" in Virginia.

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Gabel 9,400
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  1. is 9,396th most common Fite
  2. is 9,397th most common Foard
  3. is 9,398th most common Franzen
  4. is 9,399th most common Fritter
  5. is 9,400th most common Gabel
  6. is 9,401st most common Gear
  7. is 9,402nd most common Ginsberg
  8. is 9,403rd most common Godbey
  9. is 9,404th most common Goldfarb

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

James, Timothy, Crystal, David, Douglas, John, Judith, Kathy, Michael, 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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