Given name
Gitel
“a good man”
Gitel is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a good man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a good man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gitel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 217
- 0 boys · 217 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,791 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −61%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,791 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 245 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gitel’s family of names
Gitel has a related form in Gita. Gitel has a related form in Gitele. Gitel has a related form in Gitell.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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