The garber Surname
garber Name Meaning and History
- English: occupational name for a reaper or harvester, or for someone who collected wheatsheaves owed in rent, from an agent derivative of Middle English garbe ‘wheatsheaf’ (see Garbe).
- North German: from a personal name composed of geri, gari ‘spear’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.
- North German form of Gerber.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Gerber, from Yiddish garber.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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