Pessel
A girls’ name of Yiddish origin, meaning horse; yiddish form of pesach.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Pessel by the numbers
Pessel was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Pessel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a horse
Like Pessel, each of these has a horse in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Pippahorse lover; diminutive of Philippa348 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosalindbeautiful horse; from Old High German ros and lind197 in the US (2017)
- Roslynhorse promontory; a form of Roslin179 in the US (2017)
- Philippalover of horses128 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eowynhorse friend; from Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosamundhorse protector; protection and wisdom8 in England and Wales (2025)
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