Last name: KISSEL

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KISSEL : This last name is indexed 25,863 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

KISSEL : 1: German: from a pet form of the ancient Germanic personal name Gisulf composed of the elements gis (from gīsil ‘pledge hostage noble offspring’; see Giesel) + wolf wulf ‘wolf’.3: Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Kisl a pet form of the Biblical name Yekuthiel (compare Kusel 6).2: Cornish: variant of Kissell.

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