Gissele
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ji-ZEL
- Origin
- Germanic
Gissele is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pledge”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gissele mean?
Germanic: spelling of Giselle; French form of Gisela
“pledge”
French form of the Germanic Gisela; Giselle is the title of a classic Romantic ballet first staged in 1841.
Meaning borrowed from Giselle. More on Wiktionary.
Is Gissele a girl's or a boy's name?
Gissele is a girls' name.
How popular is Gissele in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Gissele in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gissele in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 38 | #4,049 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 42 | #3,408 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Names like Gissele
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Giselle, Grace, Emma, Chloe, Phoebe, Caroline, Zoe, Allie, Reese, Ellie, Gracie, Jasmine
Names related to Gissele
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Gissele: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gissele, updated 20 October 2026.