Last 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.
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