Hummel Family History
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Hummel Name Meaning
German and Dutch: from a pet form of Humbert or Humbold (a compound name with the same first element + bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’). German, Dutch, and Danish (of German origin): nickname for a busy or bustling person, from Middle High German hummel, Middle Dutch hommel ‘bee’, of imitative origin. Compare English humblebee, which in modern English has become bumblebee.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Himmel, Thummel, Kummer, Hammel, Hommel, Hammer, Rummel, Hamel