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Gabel

in Washington DC

There are 11 people with the last name "Gabel" in Washington DC.

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Gabel 4,398
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  1. is 4,394th most common Fortier
  2. is 4,395th most common Fuisz
  3. is 4,396th most common Fullerton
  4. is 4,397th most common Fultz
  5. is 4,398th most common Gabel
  6. is 4,399th most common Garrido
  7. is 4,400th most common Gatlin
  8. is 4,401st most common Gaymon
  9. is 4,402nd most common Geller

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

Carlos, Caroline, Gina, Julia, Julie, Kathleen, Louis, Marianne, Phillip, Roberta

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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