Thanks for helping I would like to know the origin I heard it might be german or jewish.
2007-11-06 11:40:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Mendel
Usage: Jewish, German
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the given name Mendel.
from the website, http://surnames.behindthename.com/php/browse.php?letter=m
which further states:
MENDEL
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: מֶנְדְל (Yiddish)
Yiddish pet form of MENAHEM
which is:
MENAHEM
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Jewish
Other Scripts: מְנַחֵם (Hebrew)
Means "comforter" in Hebrew. This was the name of a king of Israel who appears in the Old Testament.
and further states:
The name McConnell in Ireland is often of Scottish origin and can be derived from the ..... Mendelssohn. Usage: Jewish, German. Means "son of Mendel". ...
surnames.behindthename.com/php/browse.php?letter=m
2007-11-06 11:55:03 · answer #1 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mendel
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Mendl, a diminutive of Man (see Mann 3).
South German: variant of Meindl.
no name meaning and origin for Mendle
Hope this helps.
2007-11-06 20:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by itsjustme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of Hitlers Nazi Butchers was called Mendel,Mendle I think.
2007-11-06 19:51:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
must be jewish
cause in sienfeld the mendlebaums were connected to the sienfelds, in fact trained jerry. and jerry being jewish probably tended to stick closer to jews then germans given historic events.
2007-11-06 20:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by Lord of all Earth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this website: http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/mendel-family-crest.htm
2007-11-06 19:54:34 · answer #5 · answered by Canuck5 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋