Fun Facts About the Name Gitel
- 217 babies named Gitel: U.S. records list 217 babies given the name Gitel from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Gitel Mean?
Gitel is a Yiddish feminine name meaning "good." It is formed from the Yiddish word gut (גוט), "good," which descends from Middle High German guot. The ending -el is a common Yiddish diminutive suffix, so the name can be read literally as "good little one" or "good one," while "good" is the usual English meaning. Gitel belongs with the Yiddish names Guta and Gittel, which use the same "good" element; it is not related to the Sanskrit Gita, "song." In Ashkenazi practice, Gitel was sometimes paired with the Hebrew name Tovah, which also means "good," but the two names are connected by meaning rather than by etymology.
Gitel Name History & Origins
Gitel developed within Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi communities, whose language combined Germanic, Hebrew, and Slavic elements. The name's core is the Germanic "good" word that appears in Yiddish as gut; the -el ending is one of several diminutive endings used in Yiddish names. Gitel, Gittel, and Gitl are transliterations of the same Yiddish name, with spelling varying by dialect and by how Yiddish sounds were rendered in Latin letters. In traditional Ashkenazi naming, a child could receive both a Yiddish name for everyday use and a Hebrew name for religious purposes; Gitel was sometimes the Yiddish counterpart of Tovah. The name was used in Jewish communities in Central and Eastern Europe and traveled with immigrants from those regions.
How Popular is the Name Gitel?
Gitel has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1978. Its best rank was #5,683 in 1978.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,791 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #16,079 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #10,550 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #14,396 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #11,783 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #16,724 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #15,151 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #11,307 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #15,279 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #11,517 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #13,979 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #13,005 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #18,591 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #15,140 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #17,016 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #16,628 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #12,676 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #13,751 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #14,951 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #9,293 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #12,312 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #14,030 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #12,024 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #13,723 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #10,815 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #11,925 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #8,331 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #8,335 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #5,683 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #7,097 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #9,786 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #7,420 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #6,570 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Gitel Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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