Gisell

A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning pledge or hostage; a form of Giselle.

Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Gisell by the numbers

Gisell was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 102 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Giselle

Like Gisell, 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 Gisell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Gisellepledge or hostage1,170 in the US (2017)
  • Giselepledge or hostage; bright pledge109 in the US (2017)
  • Giselapledge; hostage40 in the US (2017)
  • Gisellapledge or hostage; a form of Gisela35 in the US (2017)
  • Giselpledge or hostage; form of Giselle25 in the US (2017)
  • Gissellpledge, hostage; a form of giselle16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Gisell

Names that are said the same way as Gisell, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Gissellepledge; variant spelling of Giselle182 in the US (2017)
  • Jisellepledge of God; a form of Giselle96 in the US (2017)
  • Gissel29 in the US (2017)
  • Jisselle14 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean an oath or promise

Like Gisell, 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)

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