Gisler

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Altered spelling of German Geisler

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈɡɪsəɫɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gisler is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 583K
  • MLMali≈1 in 24K

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.

Switzerland (measured from records)

5,794 people, 2024

Sources
172 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Altered spelling of German Geisler.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gisler 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 Gisler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland#1015,7941 in 1.4K5.8KGisler76
CN China—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 726K—Gisler3
ML Mali#663≈830 est.≈1 in 24K—Gisler1
US United States—5711 in 583K663Gisler172
AR Argentina—2661 in 171K266——
AU Australia—≈140 est.≈1 in 184K—Gisler30
FI Finland—411 in 136K41—2

5,794 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)

Gisler is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Switzerland, Brazil, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Gislèr

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, Italy, United States

    Also written Gísler

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, Croatia, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Гислер, Gišler

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gisler is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • variant of Gieseler.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In Norwegian Bokmål, indefinite plural of gissel

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Anton Gisler, b. 1863Konrad Gisler, b. 1924Markus Gisler, b. 1952Marcel Gisler, b. 1960René Gisler, b. 1967Mike Gisler, b. 1969Fabian Gisler, b. 1977Rebecca Gisler, b. 1991Lisa Gisler, b. 1994Bianca Gisler, b. 2003

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Gisler,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Gisler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20245.8K#84
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000663#32,652
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020658#36,570
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010571#38,691
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—266—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—41#26,949
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gisler mean, and where does it come from?
Altered spelling of German Geisler. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Gisler?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɪsəɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gisler have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 5.8 thousand people named Gisler, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gisler.
Where is Gisler most common?
Gisler is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.4 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Gisler?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 5,794 people named Gisler in 2024, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
How common is Gisler compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Gisler is the 101st most common surname of 127,759 surnames 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, “Gisler” — the 101st most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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