Kisel Family History
Kisel Name Meaning
Altered form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (eastern Ashkenazic) Kissel or perhaps of German Geisel or some other similar (like-sounding) surname. Ukrainian and Belorussian: nickname from Belorussian and Russian kisel or Russified form of Ukrainian kysil ‘fruit jelly’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022