Hancel
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Hancel by the numbers
Hancel was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 1922, making it a 1920s name.
What we can tell you about Hancel
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hancel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hanselgod is gracious; a form of Johannes78 in the US (2017)
- Hanielgrace of god; a form of Hanael5 in England and Wales (2025)
- HanzelGod is gracious; a form of Hansel7 in the US (2017)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- HazielGod sees; form of Haziah or Jewish tradition60 in the US (2017)
- Hanleyhigh wood or clearing43 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Hancel
Names that are said the same way as Hancel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Hansell5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hancel
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