Given name & surname
Hendel
Hendel is a variant of Hannah. Hannah’s Hebrew sense expresses being favoured by God, particularly the blessing of a child in its biblical context.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hendel is a variant of Hannah. Hannah’s Hebrew sense expresses being favoured by God, particularly the blessing of a child in its biblical context.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hendel is a variant of Hannah. Hannah reflects the Hebrew name Hanna and has a long history in Jewish naming traditions.
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How it developed
Hendel is a variant of Hannah. The shared background comes through Hannah: Hannah preserves the Hebrew biblical form Hanna, whose meaning expresses favour from God.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Hendel is a variant of Hannah. The history of Hannah gives this family its wider story. In the biblical narrative, Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel. English Puritans adopted this form in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, alongside its continuing use as a Jewish name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Hendel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 89
- 0 boys · 89 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,767 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,767 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 184 as a first name in 2020; 997 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.
Hendel’s family of names
Hendel has a related form in Hannah. In German usage, Hendel as a surname has a related form in Handel. In German usage, Hendel as a surname has a related form in Hand.
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.
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