Anzel

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Anzel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Shortened patronymic from Anshelm/Anselm; may be a true short form or l-diminutive.

rarermore common
  • NANamibia≈1 in 27K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GYGuyana1 in 75K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 81K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,000 people, est.

Sources
85 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

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

Namibia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Shortened patronymic from Anshelm/Anselm; may be a true short form or l-diminutive. Bearer count 16.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Anzel 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 Anzel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈5,000 est.≈1 in 277K—Anzel1
ZA South Africa≈700 est.≈1 in 81K—Anzel30
PH Philippines≈210 est.≈1 in 517K—Anzel18
NA Namibia≈98 est.≈1 in 27K2—1
US United States≈71 est.≈1 in 4.7M16Anzel85
GY Guyana101 in 75K10Anzel1
EE Estonia≈5 est.≈1 in 235Klisted—1

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: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. 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)

Anzel is also recorded as 7 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 Anžel

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Mexico, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Anžel, Anzél

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, South Africa

    Also written Anzél, Anžel

  • Swahili given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, Philippines, Kenya, United States

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Anzél

  • Turkish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Anžel

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Anžel, Anzél

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, South Africa

    Also written Anžel

33 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)

Anzel 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.

  • angel; before 1492

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

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)

  • Amy Anzelb. 1973USActress, producer and businessperson.

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 17 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Anzel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

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

Where does the name Anzel come from?
Shortened patronymic from Anshelm/Anselm; may be a true short form or l-diminutive. Bearer count 16. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
What does the name Anzel mean?
Recorded meaning: Shortened patronymic from Anshelm/Anselm; may be a true short form or l-diminutive.
Is Anzel a male or female name?
Anzel is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Anzel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.0 thousand people named Anzel in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled anzel.
How common is the name Anzel?
In Guyana, the national register counted 10 people named Anzel in 2025, about 1 in 75 thousand residents.

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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, “Anzel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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