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Gabel

in the US

There are 5,828 people with the last name "Gabel" in the United States.

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Gabel 4,706
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  1. is 4,702nd most common Garibay
  2. is 4,703rd most common Byron
  3. is 4,704th most common Rocco
  4. is 4,705th most common Heilman
  5. is 4,706th most common Gabel
  6. is 4,707th most common Spitzer
  7. is 4,708th most common Corn
  8. is 4,709th most common Shrader
  9. is 4,710th most common Giese

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gabel

James, John, Robert, David, Michael, Richard, William, Mary, Steven, Brian

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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