Zissel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZISS-el
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Zissel is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “sweet”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Zissel mean?
Germanic: Yiddish, from zis 'sweet' with the -el diminutive
“sweet”
A traditional Yiddish name among Jewish families.
Is Zissel a girl's or a boy's name?
Zissel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zissel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Zissel, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Zissel in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zissel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Zissel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab Zayla Zaniyah Salem Zariah Zaya Zaira Safa Selah Aaliyah Itzel Zaina
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zissel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zissel, updated 20 October 2026.