Taber Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Taber is a branch of the Tabor name tree. The name is generally explained as “Drummer”.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Tabor and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

A variant of Tabor

Before spelling was fixed, Tabor was also written Taber. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Tabour.

About 7,788 people in the United States were recorded as Taber in 2010, placing it 4,550 on the national list. Want more than a summary? See the Taber family name pack.