Bissel Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

The last name Bissel is a variant form of Bissell, an English family name. The name is usually explained as “Maker of bushels”.

Bissel drops the “l” of Bissell, a simplification that clerks often made. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Bussell.

Arms linked to Bissell and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Bissel family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.