Bubel Family History
Bubel Name Meaning
South German: from a diminutive of Bub ‘boy’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Polish: nickname from buba ‘bogeyman spook fright’ or from bubel ‘unsaleable article’. Germanized form of Sorbian Bub'ela: nickname denoting a pot-belly or someone with chubby cheeks derived from Lower Sorbian bublin or Upper Sorbian bubla ‘button’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022