Given name
Gisele
“of God's promise; a hostage”
Gisele is a variant of Giselle. One French interpretation is “of God's promise; a hostage.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gisele is a variant of Giselle. One French interpretation is “of God's promise; a hostage.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gisele is a variant of Giselle. An origin associated with Giselle is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gisele through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,391
- 0 boys · 5,391 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 234 babies
- 2025
- 53
- #3,081 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 53 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,081 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 40.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 234 in 2009. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,538 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gisele’s family of names
Gisele has a related form in Giselle. In Portuguese usage, Gisele has a conventional equivalent in the English form Giselle. In Portuguese usage, Gisele has a related form in Gisela.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gisele
- Gisele BündchenBrazilian fashion modelborn 1980
- Gigi Marvinice hockey playerborn 1987
- Gisele ThompsonAmerican soccer playerborn 2005
- Gisele MacKenzieCanadian singer and actress (1927–2003)
- Gisele Barreto FettermanSecond Lady of Pennsylvania from 2019 to 2023born 1982
- Gisele de OliveiraBrazilian athletics competitor (born 1980)
- Gisèle Ben-DorUruguayan-American-Israeli orchestra conductorborn 1955
- Gisele MiróBrazilian tennis playerborn 1968
Characters named Gisele: Gisele Yashar (fictional human character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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