Gisela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ji-SEL-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,902 for girls
Gisela is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pledge”. In 2025 it ranked 3,902nd for girls in the US (37 babies).
What does Gisela mean?
Germanic: from Germanic gisil
“pledge”
A sister of Charlemagne named Gisela became abbess of Chelles; Giselle is the French form.
Is Gisela a girl's or a boy's name?
Gisela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gisela in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 4 girls.
Gisela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Gisela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,902among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 43,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the US were named Gisela, making it the 3,902nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 160 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Gisela in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Gisela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #3,902 for this spelling alone.
- Gisela 37
- Gisella 20
Gisela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,902 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,411 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 42 | #3,643 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,005 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,642 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 83 | #2,334 |
| 2007 | 81 | #2,348 |
| 2006 | 102 | #1,961 |
| 2005 | 114 | #1,730 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,683 |
| 2003 | 118 | #1,624 |
| 2002 | 81 | #2,097 |
| 2001 | 85 | #1,991 |
| 2000 | 74 | #2,154 |
| 1999 | 79 | #1,972 |
| 1998 | 103 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 77 | #1,896 |
| 1996 | 98 | #1,581 |
| 1995 | 160 | #1,104 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,517 |
| 1993 | 72 | #1,938 |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,100 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 87 | #1,684 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 59 | #2,007 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 48 | #2,169 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 37 | #2,514 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,155 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 73 | #1,596 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,766 |
| 1979 | 75 | #1,543 |
| 1978 | 83 | #1,397 |
| 1977 | 75 | #1,468 |
| 1976 | 85 | #1,286 |
| 1975 | 98 | #1,175 |
| 1974 | 77 | #1,351 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,094 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,064 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,522 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,171 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,431 |
| 1967 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,952 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,950 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,951 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | 33 | #1,981 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,917 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,938 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Gisela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica Fatima Francesca Alina Athena Alyssa Lara Alana Gabriella Mia Tabitha Alexandra
Other spellings of Gisela
Names related to Gisela
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gisela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gisela, updated 20 October 2026.