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Meaning of the nameGisele

Gisele is a feminine name of Germanic origin, a variant of Gisela, linked to the root gisal, which means 'hostage, pledge'.

Meaning

“'hostage, pledge', from the Germanic root gisal”

Source: Behind the Name: Giselle

People (2022)
150,212
Rank in Brazil
#227
Median age
35 years
2010 Census
165,343
people

Gisele in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gisele, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (64,233 people).

149,629 women 583 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Gisele is most common

States with the highest share of people named Gisele in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.105%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.104%
  3. Paraná 0.097%
  4. São Paulo 0.096%
  5. Rio Grande do Sul 0.080%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo42,4990.096%
Rio de Janeiro16,7230.104%
Minas Gerais15,4540.075%
Paraná11,1190.097%
Rio Grande do Sul8,6650.080%
Santa Catarina7,9740.105%
Bahia7,6600.054%
Pará5,2570.065%
Pernambuco4,9100.054%
Goiás4,0450.057%
Ceará3,5450.040%
Maranhão3,4380.051%
Amazonas2,6850.068%
Mato Grosso2,2170.061%
Espírito Santo2,1070.055%
Mato Grosso do Sul2,0810.076%
Distrito Federal1,9560.069%
Paraíba1,3970.035%
Alagoas1,2800.041%
Piauí1,2280.038%
Rio Grande do Norte9540.029%
Rondônia8140.052%
Tocantins6160.041%
Sergipe5900.027%
Amapá4580.062%
Roraima2990.047%
Acre2410.029%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Gisele

Wiktionary records Gisele as a variant of Gisela, a name that Portuguese took from the French Giselle, of Germanic origin. Behind the Name derives Giselle from the Old Germanic element gisal, 'hostage, pledge', and says the name may have begun as a nickname for a child given as a pledge to a foreign court. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 150,212 people named Gisele, with a median age of 35. Giselle and Gissele are the other spellings in the group.

It is the most common spelling in the group, with a single L.

Other spellings of Gisele

SpellingPeople (2022)
Gisele150,212
Giselle14,848
Gissele1,410

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Gisele · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Gisela · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Giselle · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Gisele · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Gisele

What does the name Gisele mean?

Gisele means “'hostage, pledge', from the Germanic root gisal”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Gisele in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 150,212 people with the first name Gisele, which ranks it number 227 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Gisele a boy's or a girl's name?

Gisele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 149,629 women and 583 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gisele?

Gisele is a name of Germanic and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gisele most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.105% of the state's population is named Gisele (7,974 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Gisele?

Giselle and Gissele. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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