Quastel Family Name and Heraldry

Seen on a gravestone or a census line, Quastel usually leads back to Quast.

Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Brush / tuft”. Quastel carries the diminutive ending -el, so it began as a ‘little’ or affectionate form of Quast. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Heraldry and the Quastel name

Arms linked to Quast and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Quastel report, with a museum-style coat of arms.