Given name
Gizela
“of God's promise; a hostage”
Gizela is a variant of Giselle. One French interpretation is “of God's promise; a hostage.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gizela is a variant of Giselle. One French interpretation is “of God's promise; a hostage.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gizela 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 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gizela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 0 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 199 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.
Gizela’s family of names
In Czech usage, Gizela has a diminutive in GIZELKA. Gizela has a related form in Giselle. In Czech usage, Gizela has a conventional equivalent in the English form Giselle.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gizela has relatives in 6 languages.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gizela
- Gisi FleischmannCzechoslovak activist1894–1944
- Gizela BravničarSlovene ballet dancer and choreographer (1908-1990)
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