Gisel
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning pledge or hostage; form of Giselle.
Gisel by the numbers
Gisel was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 114 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Giselle
Like Gisel, each of these traces back to Giselle: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Gizellegazelle; a form of Giselle78 in the US (2017)
- JizelleGod is my oath; a respelling of Giselle30 in the US (2017)
- Gissellapledge or hostage; a form of Giselle6 in the US (2017)
- Gizzellepledge; a spelling variant of Giselle5 in the US (2017)
- YiselleGod is my oath; altered form of Giselle5 in the US (2017)
- YisselGod is my oath; altered form of Giselle5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gisel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Gisel
Names that are said the same way as Gisel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean an oath or promise
Like Gisel, each of these has an oath or promise in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elizagod is my oath; short form of Elizabeth712 in England and Wales (2025)
- Isabelgod is my oath; form of Elizabeth2,016 in the US (2017)
- Elisemy god is an oath; a form of Elisabeth1,707 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gisel
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