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 [ 2 syll. an-sel, ans-el ] The boy name Ansel is pronounced as ahNSEHL KEY. 1: Ansel is mainly used in the English language and it is of Germanic origin. The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself from the first name Anselm. It was made famous by the photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984). The English Ancel, the English Ancell, the English Ansell, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese Anselmo, the English Ansil, and the English Ansill are variant forms of the name. 2: Ansel's language of origin is Old French. Here, it means related to a nobleman. Ansel is a variant form of the English, German, and Spanish name Anselm in the English language. Ansel is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1906 with 0.006% of baby boys being given the name Ansel. It had a ranking of #854 then. The baby name has experienced a fall in frequency since then, and is now of sporadic use. Among all boy names in its family, Ansel was nonetheless the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Ansel include the English Ancel, the Yiddish Amshel, the English Ancell, the English Ansell, the Yiddish Anshel, the English Ansil, the English Ansill, the English, Greek, and Italian Angelo, and the Italian Anjelo. A famous person named Ansel is Photographer, Ansel Adams, born 20 February 1902 - 22 April 1984, San Francisco, California. KEY: English pronunciation for Ansel: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
