Northern English: of uncertain origin, perhaps a habitational
name from a minor place named with Old Norse gafl ‘gable’,
which was applied to a triangular-shaped hill. The mountain called
Great Gable in Cumbria is named in this way.Americanized spelling
of German and Jewish Gabel.Possibly an altered
spelling of German Göbel (see Goebel).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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