Given name & surname
Anshel
Anshel is used as a given name and a surname. Anshel is connected with Antshel.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Anshel is a variant of Antshel. An origin associated with Antshel is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Jewish use, Anshel is used as a variant of Antshel.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anshel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anshel
- Anshel BrusilowAmerican violinist, conductor, and music educator at the collegiate level (1928–2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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