Mandel

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proper noun

A surname from Dutch.

OriginGermanic ← Dutch Mandel ← Yiddish מאַנדל →
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Meanings

proper nounMandel (countable and uncountable, plural Mandels)

plural Mandels · alternative Mandell

  1. A surname.
    1. countableuncountableA surname from Dutch.
    2. countableuncountableA surname from German.
    3. countableuncountableA surname from Yiddish.
  2. countablerareuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countableuncountableA village in Rüdesheim, Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  4. countableuncountableA river in West Flanders, Belgium.

Origin

  1. Yiddishמאַנדל
  2. GermanMandel
  3. DutchMandel
  4. Germanic
  5. EnglishMandel

* Germanic surname (Dutch Mandel, German Mandel, Yiddish מאַנדל (Mandl), all meaning "almond"). Also found in Slovene as Mandelj. * As a south German and Austrian surname, variant of Mandl, from Mann + -l. * As a Dutch surname, from mandel (“sheaf of wheat”) (see Mandel below). * As a Jewish surname, variant of Mendel.

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APA

Mandel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mandel

MLA

“Mandel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mandel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mandel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mandel.

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