Gazel

given name · Latin script

Meaning: ghazal

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Gazel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Syria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • SYSyria≈1 in 3.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 23K
  • AFAfghanistan≈1 in 52K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Syria (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,000 people, est.

Sources
58 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Syria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

ghazal

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gazel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gazel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SY Syria#756≈6,000 est.≈1 in 3.2K—Gazel7
TR Türkiye—≈3,600 est.≈1 in 23K—Gazel38
AF Afghanistan—≈700 est.≈1 in 52K—Gazel2
PH Philippines—≈380 est.≈1 in 287K—Gazel24
SA Saudi Arabia—≈98 est.≈1 in 350K—Gazel10
TN Tunisia—≈80 est.≈1 in 147K—Gazel7
TM Turkmenistan—≈35 est.≈1 in 156K—Gazel2
NL Netherlands—131 in 1.3M13Gazel5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gazel is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Türkiye, Belgium, Syria

    Languages: French, Romanian

    Also written Gāzél

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, Costa Rica, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ğazel

  • Russian given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Syria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Газель, Газел, Ğazel, Ģazel, Газёл

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Türkiye, Philippines, Syria

    Also written Ğazel

  • Polish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria

    Also written Gåzël

  • Amharic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria

    Also written Ğazel

  • Pashto given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Afghanistan

    Also written Ğazel

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gazel is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Turkish, 1. Divan edebiyatında bir nazım biçimi. 2. Türk müziğinde belli bir kurala bağlı olmadan bir kişi tarafından sesle yapılan taksim. 3. Sonbaharda kuruyup dökülen ağaç yaprağı.

    as a wordTDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

  • In English, Archaic form of gazelle.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Portuguese, ghazal (a poetic form)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, GAZÉL, gazeluri, s. n. Poezie (orientală) cu formă fixă alcătuită din distihuri și care de obicei cântă dragostea și vinul.

    as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 22 sources across 14 countries.

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gazel mean, and where does it come from?
ghazal Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Gazel a male or female name?
Gazel is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Gazel have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.0 thousand people named Gazel in Syria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gazel.
How common is the name Gazel?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 13 people named Gazel, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
How common is Gazel compared with other names?
In Syria, Gazel is the 756th most common given name of 109,151 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gazel” — the 756th most common given name in Syria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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