Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Hassell isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hassell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 321
- 321 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 16 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 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 as a first name in 2020; 5,756 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.
Hassell’s family of names
Hassell may belong to the same name family as HASELL. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Hassell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Hale
“from the hall of light; a heroine” · “from the hall; a hero”
>99% boys
Herschel
“resembling a deer”
>99% boys
Hershel
“resembling a deer”
>99% boys
Harden
“from the hare's valley”
>99% boys
Harmon
“a soldier”
91% boys · 9% girls
Russel
“a little red-haired boy”
>99% boys
Caldwell
“of the cold well” · “from the cold spring”
>99% boys
Horace
“the keeper of time”
>99% boys