Nobles Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Search old registers for Nobles and you will soon meet Noble too. At root, the name means “Noble, generous”.

• Nobles adds a patronymic ending to Noble, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’.
• You may also find the name written Nobel and Nobbel.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The 2010 census count for Nobles in the United States was 12,965, good for rank 2,782.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Nobles family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Nobles family name pack.