Given name & surname · also German
Giesel
“pledge, hostage”
Giesel is a surname from German, ultimately from Germanic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Giesel goes back to a word meaning “pledge, hostage.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Giesel comes from German, and ultimately from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Giesel’s family of names
In English usage, Giesel as a surname has a related form in GEISEL.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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