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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Giselle

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Pledge.
French
Pledge
German
Pledge, oath

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Giselle

Pronunciation

gi-selle, gis(el)-le

Famous People

Brazilian model and actress Giselle Bundchen

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2004 (rank #8139, 8 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2007 (rank #134, 2,596 births); most recent 2025 (rank #382, 803 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–803
2024–871
2023–889
2022–907
2021–846
2020–936
2019–976
2018–1,106
2017–1,175
2016–1,463

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #779, 44 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2006, 14 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202514
202422
202312
20229
202112
202015
201910
201818
201715
201622

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1924 (rank #106, 392 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2962, 8 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20238
2022–
20215
20203
20193
20188
20174
20168
20156
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #741, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #594, 6 births); most recent 2019 (rank #664, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
20186
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence