North German: nickname from Low German Naber ‘neighbor’. Compare Neighbor.Southwestern German: from a personal name given in honor of St. Nabor; or a habitational name from a place in Alsace. In Württemberg there is a place name Nabern, derived from the river name Naber, which might have contributed to the surname.German: occupational name for a maker of wheel hubs, Middle High German nabeger, from nabe ‘hub’. EXG pwh: EG adds "with the tool," but I cannot figure out where it was meant to go. She also adds a variant for 3.
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