Gabay

Gabay is an English, Dutch, French, Spanish and Jewish

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

, and derives from the Aramaic word

Gabbai A ''gabbai'' ( he, גבאי), also known as ''shamash'' (, sometimes spelled ''shamas'') or warden ( UK, similar to churchwarden) is a beadle or sexton, a person who assists in the running of synagogue services in some way. The role may be under ...

. The name is usually borne by people of

Sephardic Jewish Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...

descent. For people with the surname spelled Gabai, see

Gabai Gabai is a surname. For people with the surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be p ...

. Notable people with this surname include: *

Yuval Gabay Soul Coughing was an American alternative rock band composed of vocalist/guitarist Mike Doughty (also known as M. Doughty), keyboardist/sampler Mark Degli Antoni, bassist Sebastian Steinberg, and drummer Yuval Gabay. Soul Coughing developed a ...

(born 1963), Israeli-American drummer *

Eli Gabay Eli Gabay (also credited as Eli Gabe born 1 June 1959) is a Canadian actor. He is known for voicing Quetzal, the teacher at School in the Sky, as well as voicing Max and Emmy's father, in ''Dragon Tales'' and a gangster named Abrego in the anim ...

(also credited as Eli Gabe), Canadian actor and voice-over artist * Michael "Micha" Gabay (born 1947), Swedish actor * Ilya Yankelevich Gabay (1935–1973), was a key figure in the civil rights movement in the Soviet Union * Ronen Gabay, Israel's football player and manager {{Authority control Arab-Jewish surnames Surnames of Maghrebi Jewish origin Surnames of Sephardic origin