Updated June 9, 2019

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Family 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.