Given name & surname · also Irish
Cassell
Cassell is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
As an English and Irish 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 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cassell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 94
- 94 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 8 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 195 as a first name in 2020; 7,068 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.
Cassell’s family of names
In English usage, Cassell as a surname has a related form in CASTLE. In English usage, Cassell as a surname has a related form in CASSEL. In English usage, Cassell as a surname has a related form in KASSEL.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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