Given name
Gizem
“a mysterious woman”
Gizem is used as a given name. One Turkish interpretation is “a mysterious woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “a mysterious woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gizem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 0 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 281 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.
Gizem’s family of names
Gizem has a related form in Gizam. Gizem has a related form in Gizama. Gizem has a related form in Gizema.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Gizem
- Gizem KaracaTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1992)
- Gizem ÖrgeTurkish volleyball player (born 1993)
- Gizem GirişmenTurkish para archer (born 1981)
- Gizem ErdoganTurkish-Swedish actor (born 1987)
- Gizem EmreTurkish-German actor of Kurdish ancestry (born 1995)
- Gizem GüreşenTurkish volleyball player (born 1987)
- Gizem SakaTurkish economist and painter (born 1978)
- Gizem GiraygilTurkish volleyball player (born 1986)
- Gizem GönültaşTurkish association football player (born 1993)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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