Frequency: (2596)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a grower of or dealer in oats, from Middle High German haber(e) ‘oats’, modern German Hafer. As a Jewish surname, it is in many cases ornamental.
2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place called Haber in Bohemia.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 5%. Sol (3), Aron (2), Eitan (2), Emanuel (2), Hyman (2), Moshe (2), Aviva, Chanie, Dafna, Isadore, Kalmen, Meyer.
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