Aysel
Aysel is a feminine Turkish given name popular in Turkey and Azerbaijan. In Turkish, "Aysel" comes from Ay-sili and means beautiful moon or moon beauty.
Meaning & Origin of Aysel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aysel is a feminine Turkish given name popular in Turkey and Azerbaijan. In Turkish, "Aysel" comes from Ay-sili and means beautiful moon or moon beauty.
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The Story of Aysel
Aysel first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2003, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 127 Aysels were born — ranking #1,635 that year. As of 2026, Aysel ranks #1,765 for baby girls with 115 births, rising sharply (+137% over the past five years). In total, more than 834 Aysels have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Aysel
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Aysel Baykal (1939–2003), Turkish jurist
- Aysel Çelikel (born 1933), Turkish academic
- Aysel Ekşi (1934–2015), Turkish psychiatrist
- Aysel Gürel (1929–2008), Turkish lyricist
- Aysel Mammadova (born 1989), Azerbaijani singer known as AISEL
- Aysel Manafova (born 1990), Miss Azerbaijan in 2013
- Aysel Önder (born 2005), Turkish Paralympian athlete
- Aysel Özakın , Turkish-British novelist
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Names that sound like Aysel
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About the name Aysel
Aysel is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 834 births in the dataset. Aysel's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #1,635. Use the chart and map above to compare Aysel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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