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stables Name Meaning and History

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stable, or an occupational name for someone employed in one, from Middle English stable, plural stables (via Old French from Latin stabulum, a derivative of stare ‘to stand’). In Middle English the term was used of the quarters occupied by cattle as well as those reserved for horses.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of stables Families in the US in 1920
Number of stables families
 6-10
 3-5		 1-2
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Robert and Elizabeth Stables of England hewgean 1
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Donald L. Stables from Glendale Calif. auntiekeedah 6
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