Gebel
Gebel is mainly in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony of common family name .
origin of the name
There are various explanations about the origin of the name. Two theories emerge from the Silesian Name Book: The first says that the name is derived from the Bohemian dialect word for “fork”. The second explanation goes back to the dialect technical change of the surname "Göbel", "Göbler", "Goldebrecht" or "Godebald".
variants
frequency
The surname Gebel is the 1,784th most common family name in Germany.
| Names | frequency |
|---|---|
| Germany | 1644 |
| Switzerland | 28 |
| Austria | 25th |
| Poland | 488 |
The spelling Gebel is particularly common in the north-eastern German-speaking area ( Lower Saxony ).
Well-known namesake
- Anna Gebel ( Änne Gebel ; 1919-2004), member of the Bremen Parliament (SPD)
- Else Gebel (1905–1964), German communist resistance fighter during the Nazi era
- Franz Xaver Gebel (1787–1843), German composer, pianist and conductor
- Georg Gebel (1709–1753), German composer and organist
- Gunther Gebel-Williams (1934–2001), German-American trainer
- Małgorzata Gebel (* 1955), Polish actress
- Matthes Gebel (~ 1500–1574), German medalist and sculptor of the Renaissance
- Michael Gebel (* 1979), German sociologist and university professor
- Paul Gebel (1893–1972), German farmer and politician (DNVP)
- Silke Gebel (* 1983), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Titus Gebel (* 1967), German lawyer, political activist and publicist
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Bahlow: Schlesisches Namenbuch , Holzner Verlag, Kitzingen / Main 1953, p. 84