Dobler

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Toponymic surname from Tobel/Dobel 'Waldschlucht' or a place/farm name of that type

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈdoʊbəɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Dobler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 6K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 10K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Dobler itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,600 people, est.

Sources
210 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Doebler in PK Pakistan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Toponymic surname from Tobel/Dobel 'Waldschlucht' or a place/farm name of that type. Bearer count: Schweiz 652, Österreich 636.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dobler counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dobler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈3,600 est.≈1 in 22K—Dobler115
PK Pakistan—≈1,600 est.≈1 in 150K—Doebler1
CH Switzerland#6081,3951 in 6K1.4KDobler52
ID Indonesia—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 200K—Dobler3
AR Argentina—1,2501 in 36K1.3K—1
AT Austria#713≈890 est.≈1 in 10K—Dobler57
LI Liechtenstein—≈2 est.≈1 in 16K6—5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Statistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dobler is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Döbler

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Switzerland, United States, Belgium

    Also written Döbler

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Döbler

  • Croatian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Switzerland

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Доблер, Döbler

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Poland

    Also written Döbler

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Switzerland

    Also written Döbler

27 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Dobler is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Toponymischer Familienname aus Wohnstätte/Landschaftsbezug; zu mhd. tobel. 1694 Belege/Tokens.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, present of doble

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In fro, to double

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Carl Dobler, b. 1903Fritz Dobler, b. 1927Alois Dobler, b. 1929Patricia Dobler, b. 1939Bruce Dobler, b. 1939Henrietta Ebert, b. 1954Konrad Dobler, b. 1957Julia Dobler, b. 1974Lena Dobler, b. 1990Jonas Dobler, b. 1991

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Dobler,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Dobler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20241.4K#769
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—1.3K—
LI LiechtensteinStatistik Liechtenstein — Familiennamenstatistik (surnames)20206—

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Dobler come from?
Toponymic surname from Tobel/Dobel 'Waldschlucht' or a place/farm name of that type. Bearer count: Schweiz 652, Österreich 636. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
How do you pronounce Dobler?
A machine transcription gives /ˈdoʊbəɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Dobler mean?
Recorded meaning: Toponymic surname from Tobel/Dobel 'Waldschlucht' or a place/farm name of that type.
In which country does Dobler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.6 thousand people named Dobler in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dobler.
Where is Dobler most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dobler is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 6.0 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Dobler?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 1,395 people named Dobler in 2024, about 1 in 6.0 thousand residents.
How common is Dobler compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Dobler is the 608th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dobler” — the 608th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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