Gissell
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning pledge, hostage; a form of giselle.
Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Gissell by the numbers
Gissell was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 103 babies in 2000, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gissell. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Gissellepledge; variant spelling of Giselle182 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)
- Gissel29 in the US (2017)
- Gisellepledge or hostage1,170 in the US (2017)
- Giselepledge or hostage; bright pledge109 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Gissell
Names that are said the same way as Gissell, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean an oath or promise
Like Gissell, 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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