Dresel
Dresel is a German family name - which can also appear as a first name .
Origin and meaning
Two options are considered:
- It is a slurred diminutive ( pet name / nickname ) of (the last two syllables stress) first name " Andrew " ( "-dreas") - with the diminutive suffix "-el" / "-erl" / "-rl" from Upper German dialects (of the southern German language area). From this follows the meaning "Dear / little Andreas".
In this case, the family name is a patronymic .
- It is a residential name for the place name "Dresel" (belonging to Werdohl in the Märkisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia ).
Occurrence
The focus of the occurrence is in Baden and Franconia - and to a lesser extent in North Rhine-Westphalia .
variants
- (rarely) Dresl, Drehsel, Tresel, Tresl, Treszl
- Tressel and Dressel as smooth forms of the professional name turner .
Well-known namesake
- Adolf Dresel (1828–1905), German civil engineer, Prussian civil servant
- Dietrich Dresel (1785–1855), German wine merchant and member of parliament
- Ernst Gerhard Dresel (1885–1964), German hygienist and bacteriologist
- Gustav Dresel (1818–1848), German writer, businessman and first German consul general in Texas
- Max Dresel (1842–1920), German paper manufacturer
- Otto Dresel (lawyer) (1824–1881), American lawyer, journalist and politician of German origin
- Otto Dresel (composer) (1826–1890), American pianist, composer and music teacher of German origin
- Walter Dresel , Uruguayan doctor and author