Given name & surname
Mazel
“one who is lucky”
Mazel is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is lucky.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is lucky.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mazel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 397
- 0 boys · 397 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,336 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,336 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 179 as a first name in 2020; 173 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.
Mazel’s family of names
Mazel has a related form in Mazell. Mazel has a related form in Mazela. Mazel has a related form in Mazele.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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