Gabe
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Gabe¹
- /ɡeɪb/
Rhymes with -eɪb
Where it comes from
See Gabriel.
proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Gabriel. A pretty country girl, brisk and industrious, might lack the worldly polish and refinement necessary to shine in Crailsboro society, but Mr. Dinnock would train her, just as he had trained shiftless, dirty Gabe Jones to be a clean smart clerk in the store.
Gabe²
Where it comes from
Various origins:
* Borrowed from German Gabe, from a short form of several personal names beginning with the Proto-Germanic element *gabį̄ (“wealth, riches”).
* Borrowed from French Gabe, perhaps a nickname from Old French gabe (“joke”), from the verb gaber (“to tell jokes”).
* English surname, from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel, or alternatively a nickname from Middle English gabbe (“falsehood, deceit, lie”).
proper noun Gabes
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gabby, gabbie, gabriel, gabriela, gaby, gabriele, gabriella, gabrielle, gail, gibby, gage, ella, georgy, georgie, gayle, gill
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title = {Gabe},
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