Mendel can be both a surname and given name.
As a family name, Mendel occurs in many cultures and languages and is of south German origin. It relates to similar names such as Mendl and Meindl.
As a given name Mendel is mostly a Yiddish variant and affectionate form of the Hebrew name Menachem מנחם which means "comforter".
List
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Mendel Jackson Davis (1942–2007), American attorney and politician from South Carolina
- Mendel Gdański, fictional character from short story by Maria Konopnicka
- Mendel Portugali (1888–1917), leading figures in Second Aliya and founder of the Hashomer movement
- Mendel Rosenblum (born 1962), American associate professor of computer science
- Mendel Sachs (1927–2012), American theoretical physicist and professor
- Mendel Shapiro, Jewish lawyer and Modern Orthodox Rabbi
- Mendel Weinbach (1933–2012), Orthodox rabbi
- Mendel Zaks (1898–1974), rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva in Raduń Yeshiva
- Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), the Rebbe of Chabad
- Menachem Mendel Scheerson (1789–1866), The Tzemach Tzedek, the third Rebbe of Chabad
- Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787–1859), the Kotzker Rebbe
- Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895–1983), Orthodox rabbi
- Menachem Mendel Taub, the Kaliver Rebbe
- Menachem Mendel of Rimanov (1745–1815), important early Hasidic rabbi
- Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk (1730?–1788), rabbi who helped to establish the Hasidic community in Palestine
- Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov (1768–1825), first Kosover Rebbe
- Menachem Mendel Futerfas (1907–1995), famous Chabad Mashpia
Surname
- Andrei Mendel (born 1995), Russian football midfielder
- Arthur Mendel (1905–1979), American musicologist
- August Neander (1789–1850), German theologian (born David Mendel)
- Barry Mendel (born 1963), American film producer
- Gérard Mendel (1930–2004), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
- Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), often called the "father of genetics"
- Henriette Mendel (1833–1891), German actress and mistress
- Iuliia Mendel (born 1986), Ukrainian journalist
- J. Michael Mendel (1964–2019), American television producer
- Lafayette Mendel (1872–1935), American biochemist
- Meron Mendel (born 1976), German social scientist, educator, writer and director
- Nate Mendel (born 1968), American musician
See also
- Mandel
- Mendelsohn
- Mendelssohn
- Menachem Mendel
- Mendel (Hungarian family), a prominent Hungarian family that flourished in the 15th century.
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