Gisella
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning pledge or hostage; a form of Gisela.
Gisella by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Gisella. In the US, 35 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 67 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gisella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gisellepledge or hostage1,170 in the US (2017)
- Giselapledge; hostage40 in the US (2017)
- Gisellpledge or hostage; a form of Giselle17 in the US (2017)
- Gissellapledge or hostage; a form of Giselle6 in the US (2017)
- Gissellepledge; variant spelling of Giselle182 in the US (2017)
- Giselepledge or hostage; bright pledge109 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean an oath or promise
Like Gisella, 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 Gisella
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