Ansel
AN-sell
German
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Ansel Origin and Meaning
The name Ansel is a boy's name of German origin meaning "with divine protection".
Ansel, primarily associated with the great western photographer Ansel Adams, famed for his magnificent photographs of the Yosemite Valley, could make a creative artist-hero choice. For Adams it was a family name – he was named after his uncle, Ansel Easton. And, in turn, Adams was the namesake of young heartthrob Ansel Elgort, son of a photographer.
Derived from the same root as Anselm, Ansel is a medieval Germanic name that still feels fresh and stylish today.
Ansel has been far from a unique baby name – it was on and off the popularity lists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, reaching as high as Number 540 in 1893.
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# 978 in the US
Ansel Rank in US Top 1000
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Famous People Named Ansel
- Ansel Easton AdamsAmerican photographer and environmentalist
- Ansel ElgortAmerican actor, son of photographer Arthur Elgort
- Ansel Briggsfirst Governor of Iowa, USA
- Ansel Franklin HallAmerican naturalist
- Ansel SterlingU.S. Congressman from Connecticut
- Ansel Tracy WallingU.S. Congressman from Ohio
- Edgar Ansel MowrerAmerican journalist
- Ansel KeysAmerican physiologist, inventor of the K,Ration