Given name & surname
Hessel
“one who is bold”
Hessel is used as a given name and a surname. One Dutch interpretation is “one who is bold.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Dutch interpretation is “one who is bold.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Dutch.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hessel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 6 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 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,246 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.
Hessel’s family of names
Hessel has a related form in Hes. Hessel has a related form in Hess. Hessel has a related form in Hessle.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Hessel
- Hessel GerritszDutch engraver and cartographer (1581–1632)
- Hessel de VriesDutch physicist (1916–1959)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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