Ansell

surname · Latin script

Meaning: From the medieval male personal name Ansell, an English variant of Latin Anselmus, of Germanic origin meaning 'god helmet' or 'god protection'

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Ansell is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • AUAustralia
  • CACanada

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From the medieval male personal name Ansell, an English variant of Latin Anselmus, of Germanic origin meaning 'god helmet' or 'god protection'.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ansell is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, from the personal name Anselm, a Lombard name from Old Germanic Ansehelm 'god-helmet'; first attested Anse(l)lmus archiepiscopus 1094–5, 1108 StP

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • In German, Shortened patronymic from Anshelm/Anselm; may be a true short form or l-diminutive. Bearer count 11.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

  • In Breton, feuilleret

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

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)

180018501900195020002050George Frederick Ansell, b. 1826Mary Ansell, b. 1861Gertrude Ansell, b. 1861Jack Ansell, b. 1921Barry Ansell, b. 1947Caroline Ansell, b. 1971Jonathan Ansell, b. 1982Cameron Ansell, b. 1992Nicolas Ansell, b. 1994Dexter Sol Ansell, b. 2014

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Ansell
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.1K#14,096
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.9K#14,168
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.9K#14,834
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—64#10,297
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—22#80,075
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—22#78,058
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202613—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—13#113,463
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—10#56,606
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20264—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—4#215,419
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—4#10,369

Reference works 3

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ansell mean, and where does it come from?
From the medieval male personal name Ansell, an English variant of Latin Anselmus, of Germanic origin meaning 'god helmet' or 'god protection'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
In which country does Ansell have the most bearers?
Ansell is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ansell”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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