The jabs Surname
jabs Name Meaning and History
North German: patronymic from a Frisian pet name based on a
Germanic personal name formed with theud ‘people’, ‘race’, or
from Gabo, a short form of Gebhardt or some other
Germanic name having geb ‘gift’ as its first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Jabs surname from Kreis Lipno |
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| Jabs from Danzig, Germany to Connecticut c.1910 |
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| Elliot Jabs, MN | laura | 3 |
| Elliot Jabs | jeannejabs | 1 |
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