Gisélle

given name · Latin script

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

Gisélle is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Costa Rica it is the 82nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Old French, shortened from Germanic compound names beginning with gisil (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz (“pledge, hostage”).

rarermore common
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 4.9K
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 5.5K

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.

United States (measured from records)

40,347 people, 2020

Sources
330 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Giselle in AR Argentina, BR Brazil, US United States and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Gisélle: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Gisélle
  1. OldFrench(measured from records)
  2. Germaniccompound(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Germanic*gīslaz“pledge“pledge, hostage”(measured from records)

Inherited from Old French, shortened from Germanic compound names beginning with gisil (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz (“pledge, hostage”).

Sources 4

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Wiktionary
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gisélle 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 Gisélle is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—40,3471 in 8.2K40KGiselle330
BR Brazil#73514,8481 in 14K15KGiselle164
AR Argentina#331≈9,300 est.≈1 in 4.9K45Giselle109
PH Philippines—≈7,000 est.≈1 in 16K—Giselle64
CR Costa Rica#823,5581 in 1.4K3.6KGiselle50
CL Chile#516≈2,400 est.≈1 in 7.6K16Giselle71
PY Paraguay#287≈1,300 est.≈1 in 5.5K—Giselle27

40,347 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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)

Gisélle is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Australia, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Giselle, Gisellé, Gísëllë, Gisèlle, Gisëllë

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Philippines

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Giselle, Gisèlle, Gisëlle

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Gisélle under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gisélle mean, and where does it come from?
Inherited from Old French, shortened from Germanic compound names beginning with gisil (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *gīslaz (“pledge, hostage”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples) and 2 other sources.
Is Gisélle a male or female name?
Gisélle 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 Gisélle have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 40 thousand people named Gisélle, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled giselle.
Where is Gisélle most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gisélle is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 1.4 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Gisélle?
In the United States, the national register counted 40,347 people named Gisélle in 2020, about 1 in 8.2 thousand residents.
How common is Gisélle compared with other names?
In Costa Rica, Gisélle is the 82nd most common given name of 15,284 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, “Gisélle” — the 82nd most common given name in Costa Rica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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