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Anshel - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Anshel

[ syll. an-(s)hel, ans-h-el ] The boy name Anshel is pronounced as AEN-SHahL KEY. Anshel is primarily used in Yiddish, and it is of Old Greek and Hebrew origin.

Anshel is a Yiddish variant form of the English, Slavic, and Spanish name Angel.

Anshel is also a Yiddish pet form of the English and Hebrew name Asher.

Anshel is also a variant form of the Yiddish name Antshel.

Anshel is a seldom used baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, within the group of boy names directly related to Anshel, the English, Slavic, and Spanish Angel was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Anshel include the Yiddish Amshel, the English Ancel, the English Ancell, the English Ansel, the English Ansell, the English Ansil, the English Ansill, the English, Greek, and Italian Angelo, and the Italian Anjelo.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Anshel: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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