The knobel Surname
knobel Name Meaning and History
- German and Swiss German (also Knöbel): from Middle High German knübel, probably a nickname in the sense ‘ankle’. However, the term also denotes a rounded elevation and may therefore also be a topographic name for someone who lived by a knoll. Knöbel is also an archaic word for a servant.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Knobel ‘knot’, ‘node’.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Yiddish knobl ‘garlic’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| John Henry Knobel [Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland] |
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| surname | John Knobel | 22 |
| Andrew and Katharina Knobel of Odessa, Nebraska |
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| Knoebel family of Baden and Pittsburgh |
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| Searching Charles Knobel | Ron Rodriguez | 0 |
| Josephine Elizabeth Knobel | Ron Rodriguez | 8 |
| William A. & Carrie Adele Powell Knoebel/Knobel |
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| KNOBEL Family |
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