Gisel
Girl · hee-SEL · Germanic
Gisel is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pledge”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Gisel mean?
Germanic: spelling of Gissel; Spanish-style spelling of Giselle
“pledge”
Variant of Giselle, from the Germanic element gisil, 'pledge'.
- Say it
- hee-SEL
Meaning borrowed from Gissel.
Is Gisel a girl's or a boy's name?
Gisel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gisel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Gisel, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 114 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Gisel in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were given Gisel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,103, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Gisel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,135 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,762 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 89 | #2,204 |
| 2008 | 93 | #2,157 |
| 2007 | 105 | #1,957 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,740 |
| 2004 | 110 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 111 | #1,709 |
| 2002 | 105 | #1,730 |
| 2001 | 91 | #1,897 |
| 2000 | 102 | #1,715 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 104 | #1,576 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,924 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
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