Gizell
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zhih-ZEL
- Origin
- Germanic
Gizell is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “pledge”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gizell mean?
Germanic: spelling of Gizel, itself a variant of Giselle, from Germanic gisil
“pledge”
A variant spelling of Giselle, a French name from the Germanic word gisil, meaning pledge.
Meaning borrowed from Gizel.
Is Gizell a girl's or a boy's name?
Gizell is a girls' name.
How popular is Gizell in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Gizell in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gizell in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Gizell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma, Ella, Mina, Ada, Grace, Allie, Hattie, Millie, Georgia, Daisy, Maggie, Lottie
Names related to Gizell
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
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, “Gizell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gizell, updated 20 October 2026.