Given name & surname

Vogel

“resembling a bird”

Vogel is used as a given name and a surname. One Dutch interpretation is “resembling a bird.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Dutch interpretation is “resembling a bird.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Dutch.

Vogel’s family of names

In German usage, Vogel as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form Bird. Vogel has a related form in Vogal. Vogel has a related form in Vogil.

Walk Vogel’s family in the name graph

VogelVogilVogalVögeliVögleVögeleVogolVogleBirdVogelsFogielФогель

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

Vogel has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Dutch roots to each of them.

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7 related names in 5 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.

Nicknames & forms 7

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 5

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

Similar names

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

Old High German · Nature

Bungert

“tree” · “enclosure”

No U.S. birth series

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German · Nature

Weisenthal

“meadow”

No U.S. birth series

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Norwegian · Nature

Hegge

“bird cherry tree”

No U.S. birth series

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German · Nature

Baumgaertner

“tree-gardener”

No U.S. birth series

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German · Nature

Palm

“palm tree”

No U.S. birth series

47% boys · 53% girls

Swedish · Nature

Blom

“flower”

No U.S. birth series

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Nature

Quesnell

“from the small oak tree” · “from the small oak”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English · Nature

Liddell

“loud, River Lid”

No U.S. birth series

64% boys · 36% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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