Edel is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

  • Abraham Edel (1908–2007), North American philosopher and ethicist
  • Alfred William Edel (c. 1930–2005), American television news presenter
  • Apoula Edel (born 1986), Cameroonian-Armenian footballer
  • Leon Edel (1907–1997), North American literary critic and biographer
  • Uli Edel (born 1947), German film director

Given name

;Male:

  • Edel (footballer), Ildefonso Soares de Oliveira (born 1958), Brazilian footballer
  • Edel Oliva (born 1965), Cuban race walker
  • Edel Rodriguez (born 1971), Cuban-American artist and illustrator

;Female, Irish:

Pronounced

  • Edel Quinn (1907–1944), Irish lay missionary
  • Edel Bhreathnach, Irish historian and academic
  • Edel McMahon (born 1994), Irish rugby player

;Female, Scandinavian:

  • Edel Eckblad (1914–1994), Norwegian actress
  • Edel Hætta Eriksen (1921–2023), Norwegian schoolteacher and politician
  • Edele Jernskjæg (died 1512), Danish noble, lady-in-waiting and royal mistress of King John I of Denmark
  • Edel Randem (1910–2001), Norwegian figure skater
  • Edel Therese Høiseth (born 1966), former speed skater from Norway, who specialised in the shorter distances; the 500 m and 1,000 m

Other uses

  • or , a name for Œ / œ, a ligature of the Latin script
  • Construction Nautic Edel, a French boat builder
  • Edel 665, a French sailboat design
  • Edel (character), fictional character in the webtoon series Denma
  • Edel SE & Co. KGaA, a German independent media company
  • , a French cheese from
  • Edel Land District, a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia, located within the North-West Land Division
  • Edel-Mega Records, a Danish record company established in 1983. It was renamed Edel-Mega Records when it was acquired by Edel Music in 2001
  • <code>EDEL</code>, the ICAO code for Langenlonsheim Airfield
  • Edel Paragliders, a defunct South Korean paraglider manufacturing company
  • Edel, another name for the logic puzzle nonogram

See also

  • Edelmann, a surname of German origin
  • Edelstein, a surname of German Origin