Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
As a French surname, it comes from Late Latin castellum.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cassel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 40 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 10 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 144 as a first name in 2020; 4,475 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cassel’s family of names
In English usage, Cassel as a surname has a related form in CASSELL. In English usage, Cassel as a surname has a related form in Castel.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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