Etymology

Goebel

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Proto-West Germanic *god
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*god“good”
  2. English todayGoebel

From the German surname, a pet form of Godebert, corresponding to Proto-West Germanic *god (“good”) + *berht (“bright”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.