About Herschell
The surname Herschell is of German origin and is derived from the given name Herschel, which means "deer" or "stag" in Yiddish. It is a patronymic surname, indicating that it was originally used to identify the descendants of a person named Herschel. The name Herschel itself has Ashkenazi Jewish roots and was commonly used among Jewish communities in Germany and Eastern Europe. Today, the surname Herschell is found primarily among Jewish families and is often associated with individuals of German or Eastern European Jewish descent.
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Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Herschell based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
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Here's how to represent Herschell in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Herschell using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.