Meisel

Meisel or Meisels is a surname. It has two main derivations, 1) from Yiddish mayzel 'little mouse,' especially in and from Southern Germany, and 2) Middle German meizel, meisel 'chisel,' a metonymic name for a woodcarver, stone mason, or surgeon. Families with the latter meaning can be German Catholics, Protestants, and Jews. Notable people with the surname include:

Dominik Meisel (born 1999), German footballer
Edmund Meisel (1894–1930), Austrian-born German composer
Hana Meisel (1883–1972), Russian-born Israeli agronomist and Zionist
Hilde Meisel (1914–1945), German Resistance writer
Johanna Meisel, German film editor
John Meisel (1923–2025), Austrian-born Canadian political scientist
Jürgen M. Meisel (born 1944), German romanist and linguist
Kurt Meisel (1912–1994), Austrian actor and film director
Louis K. Meisel (born 1942), American photorealist art dealer
Mordecai Meisel (1528–1601), Czech philanthropist and communal leader
Noah Meisel (1891–1956), Russian-born Latvian politician
Perry Meisel (born 1949), American writer and linguist
Steven Meisel (born 1954), American fashion photographer
Wilhelm Meisel (1891–1974), German Kriegsmarine admiral
Wilhelm Meisel (Silesian Uprisings veteran) (1904–2009), Polish soldier, last known surviving veteran of the Silesian Uprisings
Will Meisel (1897–1967), German composer
Grete Meisel-Hess (1879–1922), Austrian feminist author
Dow Ber Meisels (1798–1870), Polish rabbi and nationalist
Esther Meisels (born 1995), Israeli cyclist
Samuel J. Meisels (born 1945), American child development scholar
Tamar Meisels, Israeli political scientist

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