Gisele
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jih-ZEL
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,067 for girls
Gisele is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pledge”. In 2025 it ranked 3,067th for girls in the US (53 babies).
What does Gisele mean?
Germanic: French form of Giselle
“pledge”
From Germanic gisil, 'pledge'; Giselle is the title heroine of Adolphe Adam's 1841 romantic ballet.
Is Gisele a girl's or a boy's name?
Gisele is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 53 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gisele in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gisele in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gisele in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Gisele in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,067th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were named Gisele, making it the 3,067th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,277th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 234 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Gisele than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Gisele in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 213 girls in the US were given Gisele or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,017, up from #3,067 for this spelling alone.
Gisele in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #3,067 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,819 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 78 | #2,277 |
| 2019 | 89 | #2,109 |
| 2018 | 92 | #2,084 |
| 2017 | 110 | #1,854 |
| 2016 | 154 | #1,485 |
| 2015 | 139 | #1,576 |
| 2014 | 162 | #1,410 |
| 2013 | 128 | #1,660 |
| 2012 | 127 | #1,674 |
| 2011 | 162 | #1,409 |
| 2010 | 177 | #1,328 |
| 2009 | 234 | #1,088 |
| 2008 | 223 | #1,151 |
| 2007 | 209 | #1,203 |
| 2006 | 179 | #1,307 |
| 2005 | 142 | #1,479 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 86 | #2,060 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 70 | #2,284 |
| 2000 | 54 | #2,704 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,914 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 38 | #1,905 |
| 1966 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1965 | 57 | #1,463 |
| 1964 | 69 | #1,349 |
| 1963 | 101 | #1,073 |
| 1962 | 82 | #1,220 |
| 1961 | 64 | #1,397 |
| 1960 | 96 | #1,096 |
| 1959 | 120 | #962 |
| 1958 | 170 | #765 |
| 1957 | 201 | #701 |
| 1956 | 179 | #719 |
| 1955 | 141 | #813 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,443 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,073 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
Names like Gisele
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelie, Phoebe, Mia, Scarlett, Jasmine, Daphne, Gracie, Willow, Myla, Ava, Lily, Penelope
Other spellings of Gisele
Names related to Gisele
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Gisele: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gisele, updated 20 October 2026.