Gisele
Gisele or Gisèle is a given name. The name is from Old German gesel meaning to "pledge" and variant of Giselle, Gisela etc.
- Portuguese
- French
Meaning & Origin of Gisele
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gisele or Gisèle is a given name. The name is from Old German gesel meaning to "pledge" and variant of Giselle, Gisela etc.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Portuguese
- French
The Story of Gisele
American parents first put Gisele on the record books as a baby girl name in 1923, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 234 Giseles were born — ranking #1,088 that year. About 25% of every Gisele on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Gisele ranks #3,045 for baby girls with 53 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Gisele
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gisele. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Gisele
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About the name Gisele
Gisele is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1923 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Gisele's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #702. Use the chart and map above to compare Gisele'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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