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gobel Name Meaning and History

  1. German (usually Göbel): see Goebel.
  2. French and English: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of goblets and tankards, from Old French gobel ‘drinking vessel’, ‘cup’ (apparently from Celtic gob ‘mouth’).
  3. English: in some cases possibly a variant of Godbold. Compare Goble.

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Distribution of gobel Families in the US in 1920
Number of gobel families
 33-63
 12-32
 1-11
 0
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