Given name & surname · also Old French
Ghislain
“of the oath”
Ghislain is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “of the oath.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “of the oath.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old French.
How it developed
From Latin Gislenus, from Proto-West Germanic *Gīslīn.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ghislain’s family of names
Ghislain has a related form in Ghislaine. In French usage, Ghislain has a conventional equivalent in the Picard form GUILIN. Ghislain has a related form in Ghislaen.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ghislain
- Ghislain KonanIvorian footballerborn 1995
- Ghislain CloquetBelgian cinematographer (1924-1981)
- Ghislain LemaireFrench judokaborn 1972
- Ghislain de RasillyCatholic bishopborn 1943
- Saint Ghislain7th-century Belgian anchorite700–680
- Ghislain PrintantFrench football managerborn 1961
- Ghislain GimbertFrench footballerborn 1985
- Ghislain PerrierBrazilian fencerborn 1987
- Ghislain GuessanIvorian and French association football playerborn 1992
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