Show ContentsGabler History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Gabler family

The surname Gabler was first found in Silesia, where this family name became a prominent contributor to the development of the district from ancient times. Always prominent in social affairs, the name became an integral part of that turbulent region as it emerged to form alliances with other families within the Feudal System and the nation.

Early History of the Gabler family

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Gabler Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gabel, Gabbel, Gabler, Gabbell, Gabele, Gabels and many more.

Early Notables of the Gabler family

Notables of the period with the surname Gabler were

  • Christoffer Gabel (1617-1673), a Danish statesman; and Anton Gabler, a justice official in Eger, who was ennobled in 1795 with the predicate von Adlersfeld
  • Johann Gabler of Ulm built the celebrated organ in the abbey of Weingarten in 1750. It has 4 manuals, and 76 speaking stops, and is credited with 6666 pipes. It is also said that the monks were so ple...

Gabler Ranking

In the United States, the name Gabler is the 13,059th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Gabler migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gabler Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John Christian Gabler, who landed in Maryland in 1802 2
  • Johann Ernst Gabler, who arrived in Texas in 1849
  • Julius Ernst Gabler, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 2
  • Gottlieb Gabler, who settled in Philadelphia in 1866

Contemporary Notables of the name Gabler (post 1700) +

  • William Louis "Gabe" Gabler (b. 1930), American Major League Baseball player
  • John Richard Gabler (1930-2009), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Wallace "Wally" Gabler (b. 1944), retired professional American CFL football quarterback
  • Frank Harold Gabler (1911-1967), American right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher, nicknamed The Great Gabbo
  • Neal Gabler, American professor, journalist, author, film critic and political commentator
  • Milton Gabler (1911-2001), American record producer from Harlem, New York
  • Johann Philipp Gabler (1753-1826), German Protestant Christian theologian


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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