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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : topographic name from Middle High German (southern dialect) tobel ‘gorge’ + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.
  • North German (also Döbler) : nickname for a dice player, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German dob(e)len ‘to throw dice’, ‘to play (cards or board games)’.

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