Gissel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hee-SEL
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Gissel is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pledge”. In 2025 it ranked 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Gissel mean?
Germanic: Spanish-style spelling of Giselle
“pledge”
Variant of Giselle, from the Germanic element gisil, 'pledge'.
Is Gissel a girl's or a boy's name?
Gissel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gissel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Gissel, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 152 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had more girls named Gissel than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Gissel in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were given Gissel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,103, up from #4,545 for this spelling alone.
Gissel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 47 | #3,367 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,216 |
| 2010 | 98 | #2,028 |
| 2009 | 116 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 140 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 137 | #1,621 |
| 2006 | 116 | #1,788 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,589 |
| 2004 | 152 | #1,372 |
| 2003 | 145 | #1,382 |
| 2002 | 149 | #1,307 |
| 2001 | 146 | #1,310 |
| 2000 | 140 | #1,342 |
| 1999 | 143 | #1,281 |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,595 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Gissel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Giselle, Itzel, Skylar, Gianna, Avery, Chloe, Zoe, Aubrey, Gittel, Genesis, Jordyn, Peyton
Other spellings of Gissel
Names related to Gissel
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, “Gissel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gissel, updated 20 October 2026.