Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Middle English : Repairman Boy name variations Mel Mendelssohn Menachem Menahem Mendal Mendell Mendie Mendy Mendyl How Popular Is The Name Mendel Family name origins & meanings Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish personal name Mendl, a diminutive of Man (see Mann 3).South German : variant of Meindl.