Gittel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GIT-el
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Gittel is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “good”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Gittel mean?
Germanic: Yiddish name, from gut 'good'
“good”
A traditional Yiddish name, often paired with the Hebrew name Tova, which also means good.
Is Gittel a girl's or a boy's name?
Gittel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gittel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Gittel, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gittel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Gittel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Gittel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Gittel, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Gittel in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 51 girls in the US were given Gittel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,538, up from #3,388 for this spelling alone.
- Gittel 45
- Gitel 6
Gittel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 79 | #2,327 |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,638 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 53 | #3,069 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 47 | #3,406 |
| 2010 | 50 | #3,255 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,578 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
Names like Gittel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Willow Amelie Harper Freya Zara Lyra Mia Lily Myla Tilly Aubrey Maisie
Other spellings of Gittel
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
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, “Gittel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gittel, updated 20 October 2026.