Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: YiddishIn Israel: steady
GitelIn Hebrew: גיטל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: גִּיטְל
Gitel (Hebrew: גיטל) is a girl's name of Yiddish origin. 3,791 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 130 girls and ranked #142. Its peak year was 2023, with 152 babies.
- People in Israel
- 3,791
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 130
- rank #142
- Peak year
- 2023
- 152 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Gitel
In Hebrew letters the name is גיטל, read right to left. Gitel is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Gitel by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Gitel
How do you write Gitel in Hebrew?
Gitel is written גיטל in Hebrew (with vowel points: גִּיטְל). Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Gitel?
3,791 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גיטל: 3,791 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Gitel a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named גיטל are women.
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.