Family name origins & meanings
- Muslim (Egyptian Arabic) : variant of Jaber.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : variant of Haber.
- German : from a short form of the personal name Gabriel.
- Slovenian : from a short form of the personal name Gabrijel (see Gabriel).
- Slovenian : topographic name from gaber ‘hornbeam’, denoting someone who lived by a place where hornbeams grew. It may also be a shortened American form of the surnames Gaberšek or Gaberšček, which have the same origin.