Triebel Family History
Triebel Name Meaning
East German:: from a Germanized short form of the Old Slavic personal name based on the element treb ‘necessary needed’ or ‘need’ (from Old Slavic trěbъ or noun trěba). habitational name from any of the places near Sorau and Ölsnitz so named from Old Slavic trěbiti ‘to clear land’. metonymic occupational name for a cooper for instance from Middle High German tribel ‘hammer’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022