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gelb Name Meaning and History

Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a man with red hair (see Gell).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of gelb Families in the US in 1920
Number of gelb families
 45-88
 16-44
 1-15
 0
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