# Castel

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #54,073

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, variant of Castle.
* As a Catalan, Aragonese, and Jewish surname, variant of Castell.
* As a Swedish surname, variant of Cassel.
* As a German surname, variant of Kastel, from Kastell (“fort, citadel, castle”), related to the above.
* As a French surname, from Old French castel (“fortress, castle”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/castel