Family name origins & meanings
- German (Gäbel) : from the personal name Gabelo, a derivative of Gabo, of unexplained origin.
- German (Gäbel) : habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a fork (see Gabel).
- German (Gäbel) : from Middle High German gebel ‘skull’, ‘head’, presumably a nickname for someone with a peculiarity of the skull.