Giselle
A girls’ name of Old German origin, meaning pledge or hostage.
How Giselle has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #221 |
| 2016 | #220 |
| 2017 | #272 |
| 2018 | #301 |
| 2019 | #329 |
| 2020 | #331 |
| 2021 | #363 |
| 2022 | #351 |
| 2023 | #345 |
| 2024 | #356 |
| 2025 | #382 |
Giselle by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Giselle. In the US, 1,170 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,596 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Names that come from Giselle
Forms of Giselle in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- 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 Giselle. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gissellepledge; variant spelling of Giselle182 in the US (2017)
- Giselepledge or hostage; bright pledge109 in the US (2017)
- Gizellegazelle; a form of Giselle78 in the US (2017)
- Gisellapledge or hostage; a form of Gisela35 in the US (2017)
- Gisellpledge or hostage; a form of Giselle17 in the US (2017)
- Ginelle10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Giselle
Names that are said the same way as Giselle, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean an oath or promise
Like Giselle, 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 Giselle
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