Hägele

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Familienname aus einer Kurzform eines Rufnamens mit Stamm hag; 2372 Träger

/hɛɡələ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hägele is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 27K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 424Kas Haegele
  • BZBelize≈1 in 101K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hägele itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,900 people, est.

Sources
181 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 27K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

HaegeleLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Haegele in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CH Switzerland and 2 more and Hagele in BZ Belize, VA Vatican City.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Familienname aus einer Kurzform eines Rufnamens mit Stamm hag; 2372 Träger.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hägele counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hägele is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈2,900 est.≈1 in 27KlistedHägele77
US United States—784as Haegele1 in 424K786Haegele181
GB United Kingdom—≈110 est.≈1 in 578K—Haegele10
CH Switzerland—791 in 106K79Haegele12
FR France—≈74 est.≈1 in 921K13—1
IE Ireland—≈41 est.≈1 in 125K—Haegele1
SG Singapore—≈31 est.≈1 in 198K—Haegele2
BZ Belize—≈4 est.≈1 in 101K—Hagele1
VA Vatican City#405———Hagele1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dfa-band-6 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hägele is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hagele

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Hagele

  • Croatian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Hagele

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Hagele

  • Norwegian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Hagele

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Hagele, Hágele

7 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Hägele is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Diminutiv-/Hypokoristikum-Surname mit -le; Bearer count: 1793.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Günter Hägele, b. 1954Andreas Hägele, b. 1960Daniel Hägele, b. 1989Gregor Hägele, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Hägele, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Hägele
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202479#13,215
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Hägele?
A machine transcription gives /hɛɡələ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Hägele mean?
Recorded meaning: Familienname aus einer Kurzform eines Rufnamens mit Stamm hag; 2372 Träger.
In which country does Hägele have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Hägele in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hägele.
How common is the name Hägele?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 79 people named Hägele in 2024, about 1 in 106 thousand residents.
How common is Hägele compared with other names?
In Vatican City, Hägele is the 405th most common surname of 1,275 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hägele” — the 405th most common surname in Vatican City. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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