Entry № 11983 · Yiddish origin

Zissel Zissel — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ZIS-el /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Yiddish
Meaning
"Sweet"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Yiddish)

A name that means "sweet".

Zissel comes from the Yiddish zis, meaning "sweet" — sharing a root with the German süß. A traditional Yiddish women's name expressing affection.

Zissel is widely used in Hasidic communities.

Sweet. The Yiddish endearment.

The name in its native script.

Zissel
Transliteration
Zissel
Pronunciation
/ ˈzɪs.əl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Zissel stands.

Zissel does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Zissels before her.

Real people

In fiction
Zissel
Common in Yiddish literature.

Names connected to Zissel.

The number behind Zissel.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Zissel reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.