English Explanatory Dictionary

Frobel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Frobel Frobels Frubel Robel Vrobel Vrubel Wrobbel Wrobel Wrubbel Wrubel

Etymology

Germanized variant of a Slavic surname. From a Slavic word meaning "sparrow", e.g. Lower Sorbian wrobel, Upper Sorbian wrobl, or Polish wróbel, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь. Doublet of Wrobel.

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