Haskel

יְחֶזְקֵאל

• Gender: Male
• Origin: Yiddish
• Meaning: God will strengthen

• Haskel is a Yiddish reworking of the grand biblical name Ezekiel, with an added bonus: it also echoes the Hebrew word sekhel, meaning intellect or wisdom. That double meaning gives it a wonderfully layered quality, suggesting both divine strength and sharp-minded cleverness.

  Distinguished, bookish energy practically radiates from this name, making it feel perfectly at home in 2026, when parents are snapping up old-fashioned names with intellectual flair. It pairs naturally with modern siblings and ages from a playful kid into a sharp adult. The old-world Ashkenazi charm driving so many vintage revivals right now? Haskel has it in spades.

• Alternate Spellings: Haskell, Heskel
• Hebrew Equivalent:
  Ezekiel
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Tzeitel
  ,
  Basha
  ,
  Leizer
  ,
  Sroel
• Theme: God