Given name & surname
Mandel
“resembling an almond; having almond-shaped eyes”
Mandel is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “resembling an almond; having almond-shaped eyes.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original GermanMendel
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “resembling an almond; having almond-shaped eyes.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is German, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
Mandel is a diminutive of Mann.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mandel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 583
- 583 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 23 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 6 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 448 as a first name in 2020; 6,483 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.
Mandel’s family of names
Mandel is a diminutive of Mann. Mandel has an English adaptation in Mandy. Mandel has a related form in Mandell.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
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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