Gissel
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.
Gissel by the numbers
Gissel was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 152 babies in 2004, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Gissel
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gissel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Giselpledge or hostage; form of Giselle25 in the US (2017)
- Gissellpledge, hostage; a form of giselle16 in the US (2017)
- Gissellepledge; variant spelling of Giselle182 in the US (2017)
- Giselepledge or hostage; bright pledge109 in the US (2017)
- Gittelgood; from hebrew gut52 in the US (2017)
- Giselapledge; hostage40 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Gissel
Names that are said the same way as Gissel, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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