Last name origins & meanings:
- 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.
- Jewish
(Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a merchant, German
Handel ‘trade’, ‘commerce’.
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