Straubel Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Straubel is an established spelling of the German surname Straub. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “curly, bristly”.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Strobel.
• Other spellings include Straube, Strauber and Strub.
• With the diminutive -el, Straubel is a pet form of Straub that became a surname in its own right.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Straubel with 273 bearers, at rank 71,478.

Straubel coat of arms

Arms linked to Straub and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Straubel family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.