Mendel

Yiddish variation of Menachem

Mendel Origin and Meaning

The name Mendel is a boy's name of Yiddish origin.

Mendel is an Old World Jewish name that is also the surname of the founder of genetics.

Mendel Popularity

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Famous People Named Mendel

  • Mendel Sachs
    American theoretical physicist
  • Mendel Jackson Davis
    U.S. Congressman from South Carolina
  • Mitchell Bryan (Mendel) Schwartz
    American NFL player
  • Mendel Berlinger
    birth name of American comedian Milton Berle
  • Mendel Portugali
    Moldovian Second Aliya figure, founder of the Hashomer movement
  • Menachem Mendel Schneersohn
    Ukrainian,Russian Lubavitcher Rebbe
  • Gregor Johann Mendel
    German,Czech geneticist
  • (Chona Menachem) Mendel Weinbach
    American rabbi and founder of baal teshuva

Mendel in Pop Culture

  • Mendel
    character in book/movie "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
  • Mendel Weisenbachfeld
    character in musical "Falsettos"