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Last name origins & meanings:

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