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Early Origins of the Gabler family

The surname Gabler was first found in Granada, in southern Spain.

Early History of the Gabler family

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Gabler Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gabel, Gabels and others.

Early Notables of the Gabler family

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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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