as a Last Name
- 2,048
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Wachtel
Meaning & Origins
German: from Middle High German wahtel ‘quail’, a metonymic occupational name for a bird catcher, or a nickname for a person thought to resemble the bird.
| 12,867th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,048
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Wachtel per capita
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