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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a pet form of either Heinrich (in part an altered spelling of an eastern German pet form, Heintschel) or Johannes (see John).
  • German : variant of Hendel.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Hensel.

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