The sable Surname
sable Name Meaning and History
- French: topographic name for someone who lived in a sandy place, from sable ‘sand’.
- French (Sablé): habitational name from a place so called in Sarthe.
- Dutch and North German: metonymic occupational name for a furrier, from sabel ‘sable’, ‘black fur’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Delbert Alzeno Sable Annie Lyons m. 1881 |
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| Looking for daughters of Simon Sable & Louise Moody Sable -Savannah, GA area | Dorothy Taylor | 0 |
| Hannah Sable b. 1806 VA, d. 1879 Cumberland County, IL | BOB BARKER | 0 |
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