South German: topographic name from Middle High German
(southern dialect) tobel ‘gorge’ + the suffix -er,
denoting an inhabitant.
North German (also Döbler):
nickname for a dice player, from an agent derivative of Middle Low
German dob(e)len ‘to throw dice’, ‘to play (cards or board
games)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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