Given name & surname · also Belarusian

Kisel

Kisel is a surname from Belarusian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kisel comes from Belarusian, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Kisel as a surname developed from Кисель.

Kisel’s family of names

In English usage, Kisel as a surname developed from the Russian form Кисель. In German usage, Kisel as a surname has a related form in KIESELE. In German usage, Kisel as a surname has a related form in Kiesle.

Walk Kisel’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Kisel has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

GermanProto-Slavic

7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Kisel, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Slavic

Kisiel

“kisel”

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Belarusian

Kisly

Kisly is a surname from Russian, ultimately from Belarusian.

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Russian

Kikoin

Kikoin is a surname from Belarusian, ultimately from Russian.

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Slavic languages

Kocelj

Kocelj is a masculine given name from Slavic. It is used in English and Serbo-Croatian.

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>99% boys

Russian

Kikoïne

Kikoïne is a surname from Belarusian, ultimately from Russian. It is used in French.

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Belarusian

Matsel

Matsel is a surname from Belarusian.

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Proto-Balto-Slavic

Kościej

Kościej is a surname from Proto-Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic. It is used in Polish.

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Slavic

Kosak

“beehive”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Kisel’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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