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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Göbel) : from the personal name Göbel, a pet form of the Old High German name Godebert, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’.

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