Gazelle
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning graceful antelope; swift and elegant animal.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Gazelle by the numbers
Gazelle was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gazelle. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Gazelle, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a deer
Like Gazelle, each of these has a deer in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Devynfawn-like; a modern respelling of Devin313 in the US (2017)
- Tabithagazelle143 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raleighdeer meadow or clearing235 in the US (2017)
- Rayleighdeer meadow or clearing; a respelling of Raleigh187 in the US (2017)
- Fiadhwild, woodland deer182 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hartleyhart meadow; deer clearing157 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gazelle
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