Wetzell: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Search old registers for Wetzell and you will soon meet Wetzel too. Its meaning, shared with Wetzel, is “Little Werner / whetter”. Wetzell adds “l” to Wetzel, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. You may also find the name written Whetzel and Wetz.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Wetzell with 345 bearers, at rank 58,735.

There is no single Wetzell family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Get the complete Wetzell report, with a museum-style coat of arms.