Spindel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Obsolete spelling of spindle
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈspɪndəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Spindel is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Obsolete spelling of spindle.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Spindel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 468 | — |
| PL Poland | — | 33 | — |
| BE Belgium | — | 7 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 6 | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Spindel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, spindle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, from mhd. spinele, spille 'spindle'; occupational name for a spindle maker or spinner
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, mhd. spinele, spille (nd. Spill eke). Spindeldreher, dreyer, (Verfertiger) = Spind- | (e) 1er, Spintier, Spinn (e)- ler, Spiller (x ON. Spiller, Liegnitz), Spil| (l)ner, ger, (le)keT, lemäcker. Spin- delbauer s. Gebauer. Westfäl. spi(e)ndel, spin- nel = spende!, s. d.
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Dutch, a rod used for spinning and winding natural fibres; a spindle
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, a spider (arachnid)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Etty Laserb. 1886UAnot in their usual nameHolocaust victim
- Markus Spindelb. 1892CZHolocaust victim (born 1892)
- Hal Spindelb. 1913USbaseball player (1913–2002)
- Ferdinand Spindelb. 1913DEGerman artist and painter (1913-1980)
- Bernard Spindelb. 1923USAmerican surveillance and wiretapping expert (1923–1971)
- David Spindelb. 1941USAmerican photographer
- Jerzy SpindelPLPolish orthopedic surgeon
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 468 | #43,463 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 453 | #46,902 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 425 | #52,687 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 33 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 33 | #66,091 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 28 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 28 | #73,812 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 7 | #90,043 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 6 | #203,151 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Spindel mean, and where does it come from?
- Obsolete spelling of spindle. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Spindel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈspɪndəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Spindel have the most bearers?
- Spindel is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Spindel?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/spindelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Spindel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.