Sandel

Family name origins & meanings

• German : habitational name from a place near Jever called Sandel, or a reduced form of Alexander.
• Swedish : ornamental name from sandel ‘sandalwood’ or ‘sandal oil’.
• Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Sandel ‘sandalwood’ (see Sandal 3).
• French : from a diminutive of Sand.