Kassel Family History
Kassel Name Meaning
German: habitational name mainly from a place of this name in northeastern Hesse so named from Frankish castella cassela ‘fortification’ a military term from Late Latin castellum ‘fortified position fort’ or a topographic name from the same word. Compare Cassel Dutch (Van Kassel): cognate of 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022