# Mandel

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,323

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A surname.
3. A surname.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname.
5. A village in Rüdesheim, Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
6. A river in West Flanders, Belgium.

## Etymology
* Germanic surname (Dutch Mandel, German Mandel, Yiddish מאַנדל (Mandl), all meaning "almond"). Also found in Slovene as Mandelj.
* As a south German and Austrian surname, variant of Mandl, from Mann + -l.
* As a Dutch surname, from mandel (“sheaf of wheat”) (see Mandel below).
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Mendel.

## Easily confused with
- **mane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-mane)
- **model** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-model)
- **Mandy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-mandy)
- **Maude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-maude)
- **monde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-monde)
- **mandi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-mandi)
- **manner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-manner)
- **manual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-manual)
- **marvel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-marvel)
- **minded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-minded)
- **Manuel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-manuel)
- **marcel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-marcel)
- **manned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-manned)
- **Mendes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-mendes)
- **manger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-manger)
- **mantel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-mantel)
- **Mendez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-mendez)
- **Manley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-manley)
- **Mattel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-mattel)
- **Mendel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-mendel)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amndel`, `madnel`, `manddel`, `mandell`, `mandle`, `manedl`, `manndel`, `mmandel`, `mnadel`

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