Wortel is a Dutch and Indonesian word meaning carrot. As a name, it may refer to:
People Ans Wortel (1929–1996), Dutch painter, poet and writer Meike Wortel (born 1982), Dutch bridge player Rinus Wortel (born 1947), Dutch geophysicist Willy Wortel, stage name of Willem Klein (1912–1986), Dutch mathematician
Places Wortel, Belgium, village in the Belgian municipality of Hoogstraten