The wenzel Surname
wenzel Name Meaning and History
German: from the personal name Wenzel, a pet form (with the
German diminutive suffix -el) of the Middle High German
personal name Wenze, a borrowing from Slavic representing a
short form of the Old Czech personal name Veceslav (see
Vacek; the borrowing took place before Czech lost its nasal
vowels).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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