Given name & surname
Ghazal
“resembling a deer”
Ghazal is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “resembling a deer.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “resembling a deer.”
How it developed
From Arabic غَزَال (“gazelle; delicate person”); its root is Arabic غ ز ل.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ghazal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 340
- 0 boys · 340 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #4,291 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +81%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,291 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 81.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 831 as a first name in 2020; 679 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ghazal’s family of names
Ghazal has a related form in Ghazale. Ghazal has a related form in Ghazall.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ghazal
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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