Given name & surname · also Old Norse
Haskel
“an intelligent man”
Haskel is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Haskel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,160
- 1,160 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 40 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 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 367 as a first name in 2020; 257 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.
Haskel’s family of names
Haskel developed from Ezekiel. Haskel has a related form in Haskell. In German usage, Haskel has a related form in Ezechiel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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