Wenzel

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a diminutive of the name appearing in English as Wenceslaus, from Old Czech Venceslav, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ. Doublet of Fatzke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛnt͡sl̩/
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Proper noun

Wenzel

  1. a male given name

Proper noun

Regional distribution of the surname Wenzel in Germany in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)
Regional distribution of the surname Wenzel in Austria in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)

Wenzel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wenzels or (with an article) Wenzel, feminine genitive Wenzel, plural Wenzels or Wenzel)

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Wenzel.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Wenzel m pers

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

Proper noun

Wenzel f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname from German

Further reading

  • Wenzel”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022