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.

Popularity of the name Mendel

• 593 Unique 2024

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

The name Mendel in Pop Culture

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