Nobel Family History
Nobel Name Meaning
Swedish: shortened form of Nobelius a Latinized habitational name from a place called Nöbbelöv. German (also Nöbel): from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with nōt ‘distress force’. German (also Nöbel): in some cases a habitational name from a place so named (Polish Niegowo) near Gdańsk in Pomeranian Voivodeship Poland. German (Nöbel): in some cases a habitational name from Nöbeln in Saxony. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German nobel ‘noble’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022