Comments for the name Gittel

Some variations of Gittel are Guttel, Guta, Gitte, Gitta, Guttele, Gittele...

Pronounced ghee-tul.

Gitl was Chaya/Hannah's aunt in the book The Devil's Arithmetic.

I am named after a grandmother, and for many years did not like my name Gittel. Until, after the age of forty, somebody said to me "you live up to the meaning of your name". Since that day I really like my name. Since then I taught the children in my kindergarten class the meaning and importance of their names.

No offense, but this name makes me think of a crabby old Jewish woman.