Anděl (feminine: Andělová) is a

Czech surname Czech names are composed of a given name and a family name (surname). Czechs typically get one given name – additional names may be chosen by themselves upon baptism but they generally use one. With marriage, the bride typically adopts the bride ...

. Andel (feminine: Andelová) is a

Slovak surname Slovak names consist of a given name and surname. Slovakia uses the Western name order with the given name being listed before surname. However, there is a historical tradition to reverse this order, especially in official contexts including admi ...

. They literally translate as '

angel An angel is a spiritual (without a physical body), heavenly, or supernatural being, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and humanity (the profane) in variou ...

'. Notable people with the surname include: *

Karel Anděl Karel Anděl (28 December 1884 – 17 March 1947) was a Czechoslovak astronomer and selenographer. His Mappa Selenographica has been used in Norton's Star Atlas. Bibliography * ''Mappa Selenographica'', 1926, Prague. Awards and honors The fo ...

(1884–1947), Czech astronomer and selenographer *

Marián Andel Marián Andel (born 10 September 1950, in Modra) is a Slovak politician. He was elected to the National Council of the Slovak Republic under the Slovak National Party The Slovak National Party (, SNS) is an ultranationalist political part ...

(born 1950), Slovak politician *

Laura Andel Laura Andel (born 1968) is an Argentinian musician, conductor and composer. Biography Laura Andel was born in Argentina and has Moldovan descent, and began music lessons in Buenos Aires at the age of five. She played woodwind as a child and began ...

(born 1968), Argentinian musician, conductor and composer *

Pavel Anděl Pavel Anděl (born 1966, Cheb) is a Czech actor, musician, writer, dramaturge and television presenter. He graduated from the grammar school in Cheb. After graduating from briefly acting at Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Pr ...

(born 1964), Czech actor, musician, writer and television presenter

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