Wedel (surname)
Wedel is a surname with different etymologies. It can be derived from the town Wedel in Schleswig-Holstein or from other places in Germany called Wedel. It can also be a name spelled Wedel or Vedel derived from Old Danish wæthel, meaning ford. For example Vedel or Wedel is an older spelling of the name of the city Vejle, and was taken as a surname by many people from the area.
The name may refer to:
- Karol Wedel (1813–1902), German Polish confectioner
- Steven E. Wedel (born 1966), American author
- Waldo Rudolph Wedel (1908–1996), American archaeologist
- Hank Wedel (Born 1963), Irish-American singer songwriter based in Cork City, Ireland.
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