The surname Dibble, like many other family names, originated in medieval times in England as a simple description of an individual as a means of better identification. Prior to that time, a person was known only by the single name which was given him at birth. Generations later however, it became hereditary and was passed down from a father to his children to become their family name.
Variants are names with the same meaning, but spelled differently.
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