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Mancel
How to Pronounce Mancel
Pronounced MAN-suhl /ˈmæn.səl/Medium
Meaning: Mancel is a spelling of the surname Mansel or Mansell, brought to England by the Normans. It comes from Old French and denoted either a person from Le Mans in France or the holder of a 'mansel,' a small plot of land. Adopted as a first name in America, it carries that place-and-land history rather than a word-meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Mancel is a respelling of Mansel, a Norman-French surname tied to the city of Le Mans or to a modest landholding. Like many surnames, it moved into American first-name use in the early twentieth century, often carried down a family line.
It stayed uncommon, given to only about fifteen boys a year at its peak in the mid-nineteen-twenties and slipping from the record by the nineteen-sixties. It has the settled, old-family sound of a great-grandfather's name.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Mancel mean?
It comes from the surname Mansell, Old French for a person from Le Mans or a small landholder.
How do you pronounce Mancel?
It is said MAN-suhl /ˈmæn.səl/ - two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Mancel a boy or girl name?
Mancel has been used as a boy's name.
How popular is Mancel?
It was always rare, with a modest high point in the mid-nineteen-twenties.