Mendel (name)

Mendel can be both a surname and given name.

As a family name, Mendel occurs in many cultures and languages and is of south German origin. It relates to similar names such as Mendl and Meindl.

As a given name Mendel is mostly a Yiddish variant and affectionate form of the Hebrew name Menachem מנחם‎ which means "comforter".

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Mendel Jackson Davis (1942–2007), American attorney and politician from South Carolina
• Mendel Gdański, fictional character from short story by Maria Konopnicka
• Mendele Mocher Sforim (1836-1917), Yiddish author, born as Sholem Yankev Abramovich
• Mendel Portugali (1888–1917), leading figures in Second Aliya and founder of the Hashomer movement
• Mendel Rosenblum (born 1962), American associate professor of computer science
• Mendel Sachs (1927–2012), American theoretical physicist and professor
• Mendel Shapiro, Jewish lawyer and Modern Orthodox Rabbi
• Mendel Weinbach (1933–2012), Orthodox rabbi
• Mendel Zaks (1898–1974), rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva in Raduń Yeshiva

Surname

• Andrei Mendel (born 1995), Russian football midfielder
• Arthur Mendel (1905–1979), American musicologist
• August Neander (1789–1850), German theologian (born David Mendel)
• Barry Mendel (born 1963), American film producer
• Gérard Mendel (1930–2004), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
• Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), often called the "father of genetics"
• Henriette Mendel (1833–1891), German actress and mistress
• Iuliia Mendel (born 1986), Ukrainian journalist
• J. Michael Mendel (1964–2019), American television producer
• Lafayette Mendel (1872–1935), American biochemist
• Meron Mendel (born 1976), German social scientist, educator, writer and director
• Nate Mendel (born 1968), American musician

See also

• Mandel
• Mendelsohn
• Mendelssohn
• Menachem Mendel
• Mendel (Hungarian family), a prominent Hungarian family that flourished in the 15th century.