Gisell
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hee-SEL
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Gisell is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pledge”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Gisell mean?
Germanic: spelling of Gissel; Spanish-style spelling of Giselle
“pledge”
Variant of Giselle, from the Germanic element gisil, 'pledge'.
Meaning borrowed from Gissel.
Is Gisell a girl's or a boy's name?
Gisell is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gisell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Gisell, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 102 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Gisell in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were given Gisell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,103, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Gisell in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 36 | #4,119 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 98 | #2,078 |
| 2007 | 88 | #2,231 |
| 2006 | 78 | #2,396 |
| 2005 | 102 | #1,893 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,000 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,043 |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,829 |
| 2000 | 97 | #1,787 |
| 1999 | 97 | #1,686 |
| 1998 | 84 | #1,827 |
| 1997 | 68 | #2,067 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,317 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
Names like Gisell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Campbell, Skylar, Gianna, Chloe, Avery, Zoe, Aubrey, Jordyn, Genesis, Harley, Gisselle, Peyton
Other spellings of Gisell
Names related to Gisell
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Gisell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gisell, updated 20 October 2026.