Aysel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-sel
- Origin
- Turkish
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,036 for girls
Aysel is a girls' name of Turkish origin, meaning “moon + stream”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 2,036th for girls in the US (93 babies).
What does Aysel mean?
Turkish: Turkish and Azerbaijani, from ay, 'moon', and sel, 'flood, stream'
“moon + stream”
Is Aysel a girl's or a boy's name?
Aysel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 93 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aysel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 167% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Aysel, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th.
2025 had the most girls named Aysel of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Aysel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Aysel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
- Aysel 14
- Aisel 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Aysel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Aysel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,036among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 93about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 124% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were named Aysel, making it the 2,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 127 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Aysel in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aysel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #2,036 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2,053 |
| 2023 | 127 | #1,636 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Names like Aysel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayra Ayzal Ayla Ayah Amal Safa Aiza Asees Ayat Zimal Abeeha Hafsa
Other spellings of Aysel
Aisel
Names related to Aysel
More Turkish names
Aylin Alara Ayda Orhan Kaya Aydin Aslan Eren Evren Ayaz Ela Aylah Aleyna Deniz Demir Selin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aysel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aysel, updated 20 October 2026.