Hershel

Gender: Masculine
Usage: American, Yiddish
Scripts הירשל(Yiddish)הירשׁל(Hebrew)

Meaning

Yiddish diminutive of Hirsh. As a non-Jewish American name (somewhat common around the end of the 19th century), it was likely inspired by the German surname Herschel, borne for instance by the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822).
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