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Gabel

in Washington

There are 156 people with the last name "Gabel" in Washington.

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Ranking in Washington

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Gabel 4,005
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  1. is 4,001st most common Carrell
  2. is 4,002nd most common Caudle
  3. is 4,003rd most common Escamilla
  4. is 4,004th most common Fricke
  5. is 4,005th most common Gabel
  6. is 4,006th most common Gillett
  7. is 4,007th most common Gustin
  8. is 4,008th most common Hanke
  9. is 4,009th most common Heiser

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Patricia, Richard, Carol, Daniel, David, Donald, Jeffrey, Linda, Ned, William

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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