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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of South German Köberle, an occupational name for a basket maker or a peddler, from Middle High German kober ‘carrying basket’ + the diminutive suffix -le. In some instances in eastern Germany the surname may be derived from Slavic kovar ‘blacksmith’ (see Cofer).

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