as a Last Name
- 2,452
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Handel
Meaning & Origins
German (also Händel) and Jewish: from a pet form of the personal name Hans. Sometimes this can be from a pet form of Heinrich, e.g. Heindl, Haindl.
| 12,593rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,452
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Handel per capita
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