Gitty
Meaning of Gitty
Gitty, pronounced GIT-ee (/ˈɡɪt.i/), originates as the Yiddish diminutive of Gittel, itself a virtue name rooted in the Middle High German gut (“good”) and traditionally paired with the Hebrew semantic counterpart tovah, so that the name has long functioned as an implicit blessing of moral goodness upon its bearer. While its cultural center of gravity remains within Ashkenazi and particularly Hasidic Jewish communities, the name has achieved modest yet remarkably stable visibility in the United States, where Social Security data show annual tallies that have rarely drifted outside a band of roughly 50–150 newborns since the early 1950s and culminated most recently in 152 births in 2024, corresponding to rank 798. Consequently, Gitty occupies a niche that blends linguistic fidelity to its Yiddish heritage with phonetic ease for English speakers, offering parents a succinct, culturally resonant choice that quietly signals continuity with tradition while remaining straightforward in modern Anglo-American usage.
Pronunciation
Hebrew
- Pronunced as GIT-ee (/ˈgit.i/)
American English
- Pronunced as GIT-ee (/ˈɡɪt.i/)
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Notable People Named Gitty
| Gitty Djamal - |
