Mazel

surname · Latin script

Meaning: cuddler (someone who likes to cuddle or who someone likes to cuddle with)

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/mazəl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mazel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 41K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CZCzechia1 in 58K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 600K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,700 people, est.

Sources
200 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 41K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

cuddler (someone who likes to cuddle or who someone likes to cuddle with)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mazel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mazel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈1,700 est.≈1 in 41K180Mazel200
CZ Czechia1861 in 58K187——
US United States1791 in 1.9M200Mazel32
NL Netherlands281 in 617K28Mazel4
BR Brazil261 in 8.1M26——
CA Canada≈23 est.≈1 in 1.7M1—5
CH Switzerland141 in 600K14Mazel8

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mazel is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Mazèl, Mazél

  • Czech surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia

    Also written Mazél, Mázel

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mázel

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mazèl

  • Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Egypt, Netherlands, Kuwait

    Also written Mâžêl, Mâzél

  • Russian surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Мазель, Mazel'

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Olivier Mazel, b. 1858Henri Mazel, b. 1864Maurice Mazel, b. 1895Ginette Mazel, b. 1935Zvi Mazel, b. 1939Judy Mazel, b. 1943Kheops, b. 1966Florian Mazel, b. 1972Lucy Mazel, b. 1986

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)

FormalMadame, Monsieur,Dear Mazel, (English)
InformalMadame, Monsieur,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 29 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Mazel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951308—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961294—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921284—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941267—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901253—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971226—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981222—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911211—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931210—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000200#86,657
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—187#5,807
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—186#9,144

Reference works 5

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 Mazel mean, and where does it come from?
cuddler (someone who likes to cuddle or who someone likes to cuddle with) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Mazel?
A machine transcription gives /mazəl/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Mazel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Mazel in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mazel.
How common is the name Mazel?
In Czechia, the national register counted 186 people named Mazel, about 1 in 58 thousand residents.

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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, “Mazel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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