Ashbel is masculine given name, and an occasional surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name Ashbel (biblical figure), a minor biblical figure Ashbel A. Dean, American politician Ashbel H. Barney, American banker and expressman Ashbel P. Fitch, U.S. Representative from New York Ashbel Green, American Presbyterian minister and academic Ashbel Green (editor) (1928–2013), American editor Ashbel Green Gulliver, American legal academic Ashbel Green Simonton, North American Presbyterian minister and missionary Ashbel Smith, pioneer physician, diplomat and official of the Republic of Texas Ashbel P. Willard (1820–1860), the youngest man to be elected governor of the U.S. state of Indiana

Surname Dan Ashbel, the Israeli ambassador to Austria and Slovenia