The gruber Surname
gruber Name Meaning and History
- German (Grüber) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived in a depression or hollow, from (respectively) Middle High German gruobe, German Grube ‘pit’, ‘hollow’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant. As a Jewish name it can also be one of names randomly distributed by government officials.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname from an inflected form of Yiddish dialect grub ‘rude, impolite’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Richard Gruber of MI |
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| Theresia Gruber from Fakert, Hungary/Livada, Romania settled in Oregon |
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| The Grubers of South Carolina | Albion Gruber | 10 |
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| Frank Joseph Gruber - Obit 2009 |
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