Frenzel

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Frenzel
Family Name
Meaning patronymic name meaning son of Franciscus
Region of origin German
Related names Frentzel, Frencel and Frencl
Popularity Behind the Name 
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with Frenzel
map showing distribution and prevalence of the name in Germany
map showing distribution and prevalence of the name in Germany

Frenzel is a German family name that originated in the Rhineland, and today is prevalent among Volga Germans and in east-central Germany, focused on Dresden. It is a patronymic name meaning son of Franciscus.

There are several historical figures named Frenzel:

  • Alfred Frenzel - Cold War-era Czechoslovakian spy
  • Anton Frenzel (1790-1873), bishop of Ermland
  • Bartholomäus Frenzel (mention 1576), German poet
  • Bill Frenzel - Minnesota Congressman
  • Elisabeth Frenzel (born 1915), German literary notable
  • Ernst Frenzel (born 1904), German banker, SA brigade leader and Reichstag delegate
  • Fritz Frenzel (1855-1915), German writer and publisher (alias August Bäbchen)
  • Gotfried Frenzel (born 1929), German art historian and restorer
  • Hans Frenzel (1921-1989), German broadcast director
  • Herbert Frenzel (novelist), German novelist
  • Herbert A. Frenzel (1908-1995), German theatre notable
  • Hermann Robert Frenzel (1850-?), German organist and technical writer
  • Hermann Walter Gotthold Frenzel (1895-?), German HNO physician and Luftwaffe officer, inventor of the Frenzel Maneuvers to balance pressure
  • Ivo Frenzel (born 1924), German author, Daten deutscher Dichtung
  • Johann Gottlieb Frenzel (1715-1780), German lawyer, historian and philosopher
  • Johann Gottlieb Abraham Frenzel (1782-1855), German coppersmith
  • Karl Frenzel (1827-1914), German writer and critic
  • Karl Frenzel - SS-Oberscharführer, one of Sobibor's SS commanders
  • Oskar Frenzel (1855-1915), German animal and landscape painter
  • Paul Frenzel (1824-1872), German animal and landscape painter
  • Walther Frenzel (1884-1970), German engineer and professor of textile chemistry
    • as well as one of the sailors lost on the U.S.S. Arizona on December 7, 1941

Further, there are several businesses named Frenzel, among them a Düsseldorf manufacturer

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