Last name origins & meanings:
- Muslim (Egyptian Arabic): variant of Jaber.
- Jewish
(eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Haber.
- German: from
a short form of the personal name Gabriel.
- Slovenian: from a short form of the personal name Gabrijel (see
Gabriel).
- Slovenian: topographic name from
gaber ‘hornbeam’, denoting someone who lived by a place where
hornbeams grew. It may also be a shortened American form of the
surnames Gaberšek or Gaberšček, which have the
same origin.
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