Gisella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ji-SEL-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Gisella is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pledge”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Gisella mean?
Germanic: spelling of Gisela; from Germanic gisil
“pledge”
A sister of Charlemagne named Gisela became abbess of Chelles; Giselle is the French form.
Meaning borrowed from Gisela.
Is Gisella a girl's or a boy's name?
Gisella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gisella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,916among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Gisella, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Gisella than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Gisella in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 girls in the US were given Gisella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,400, up from #5,916 for this spelling alone.
- Gisela 37
- Gisella 20
Gisella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 35 | #4,146 |
| 2016 | 33 | #4,344 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 43 | #3,571 |
| 2012 | 49 | #3,313 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 37 | #4,022 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,704 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #1,426 |
Names like Gisella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alina Camila Gianna Fernanda Gabriella Alyssa Avery Fatima Melina Samantha Selena Isabella
Other spellings of Gisella
Names related to Gisella
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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, “Gisella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gisella, updated 20 October 2026.