Mendel can be both a surname and given name.

As a family name, Mendel occurs in many cultures and languages and is of south German origin. It relates to similar names such as Mendl and Meindl.

As a given name Mendel is mostly a Yiddish variant and affectionate form of the Hebrew name Menachem מנחם‎ which means "comforter".

Notable people with the name include:

• Mendel Jackson Davis (1942–2007), American attorney and politician from South Carolina
• Mendel Gdański, fictional character from short story by Maria Konopnicka
• Mendel Portugali (1888–1917), leading figures in Second Aliya and founder of the Hashomer movement
• Mendel Rosenblum (born 1962), American associate professor of computer science
• Mendel Sachs (1927–2012), American theoretical physicist and professor
• Mendel Shapiro, Jewish lawyer and Modern Orthodox Rabbi
• Mendel Weinbach (1933–2012), Orthodox rabbi
• Mendel Zaks (1898–1974), rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva in Raduń Yeshiva
• Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), the Rebbe of Chabad
• Menachem Mendel Scheerson (1789–1866), The Tzemach Tzedek, the third Rebbe of Chabad
• Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787–1859), the Kotzker Rebbe
• Menachem Mendel Kasher (1895–1983), Orthodox rabbi
• Menachem Mendel Taub, the Kaliver Rebbe
• Menachem Mendel of Rimanov (1745–1815), important early Hasidic rabbi
• Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk (1730?–1788), rabbi who helped to establish the Hasidic community in Palestine
• Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov (1768–1825), first Kosover Rebbe
• Menachem Mendel Futerfas (1907–1995), famous Chabad Mashpia

• Andrei Mendel (born 1995), Russian football midfielder
• Arthur Mendel (1905–1979), American musicologist
• August Neander (1789–1850), German theologian (born David Mendel)
• Barry Mendel (born 1963), American film producer
• Gérard Mendel (1930–2004), French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
• Gregor Mendel (1822–1884), often called the "father of genetics"
• Henriette Mendel (1833–1891), German actress and mistress
• Iuliia Mendel (born 1986), Ukrainian journalist
• J. Michael Mendel (1964–2019), American television producer
• Lafayette Mendel (1872–1935), American biochemist
• Meron Mendel (born 1976), German social scientist, educator, writer and director
• Nate Mendel (born 1968), American musician

• Mandel
• Mendelsohn
• Mendelssohn
• Menachem Mendel
• Mendel (Hungarian family), a prominent Hungarian family that flourished in the 15th century.

Surname list

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