The raber Surname
raber Name Meaning and History
- apparently an occupational name for a turnip grower, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rabe ‘turnip’.
- (also Räber): from a Germanic personal name, Radobert, a compound of rad, rat ‘advice’, ‘counsel’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.
- variant of Reber.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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