Yankel, Yankele, Yankl, Jankiel, Jankel is a Jewish given name. It is a Yiddish diminutive () of Jacob. It is also used as a surname.
Yankelevich is a Russian-language patronymic surname derived from the name. Other derived surnames include Janklow, Yankelova, Jankelowitz.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name Jankel Adler Yankel Feather (1920-2009), British painter Yankele Hershkowitz (1869-1940) Jewish Belarusian painter Iankel-Meïer Nokhim-Aronovich Milkin or (1877-1944), Jewish Russian and French painter Yankel Rosenthal, the namesake of the Estadio Yankel Rosenthal, Honduras Yankel Talmud (1885-1965), Hasidic composer Jankiel Wiernik (1889-1972), Holocaust survivor (1905-1938), Jewish Moldavian writer and poet Yankel was the birth name of Yakov Yurovsky (1878-1938), Jewish Russian revolutionary, best known for the assassination of the family of Tsar Nicholas II Yankel Zhuravitzer (1897–1938), rabbi and underground Chabad-Lubavitch activist in the Soviet Union
Surname Annabel Jankel Chaz Jankel Jacques Yankel Jennifer Jankel Lewis Shay Jankel Robert Jankel
Fictional characters (also translated as Yankel), fictional tavernkeeper and musician in epic poem Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz Yankele ben Itzhok, the sidekick of The King of Schnorrers
See also