Gizel
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Gizel by the numbers
Gizel was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Gizel
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gizel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Giselpledge or hostage; form of Giselle25 in the US (2017)
- Gitelgood; from Yiddish gite5 in the US (2017)
- Giselepledge or hostage; bright pledge109 in the US (2017)
- Gizellegazelle; a form of Giselle78 in the US (2017)
- Gittelgood; from hebrew gut52 in the US (2017)
- Giselapledge; hostage40 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Gizel
Names that are said the same way as Gizel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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