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Meaning of the nameGiselle

Giselle is a spelling of the name Gisele, which means “'hostage, pledge', from the Germanic root gisal”.

Meaning

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

Meaning of the name Gisele, of which Giselle is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Giselle

People (2022)
14,848
Rank in Brazil
#1,298
Median age
37 years
2010 Census
9,517
people

Giselle in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Giselle, 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 (6,653 people).

14,792 women 56 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 Giselle is most common

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

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.018%
  2. Distrito Federal 0.015%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.010%
  4. Amazonas 0.010%
  5. Goiás 0.009%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio de Janeiro2,8960.018%
São Paulo2,6880.006%
Minas Gerais2,0400.010%
Bahia7580.005%
Paraná7550.007%
Santa Catarina6640.009%
Pernambuco6290.007%
Goiás6230.009%
Pará5540.007%
Distrito Federal4310.015%
Ceará3940.005%
Amazonas3780.010%
Rio Grande do Sul3060.003%
Espírito Santo2900.008%
Maranhão2640.004%
Paraíba2130.005%
Mato Grosso1410.004%
Alagoas1310.004%
Rio Grande do Norte1270.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul1270.005%
Piauí1240.004%
Tocantins910.006%
Sergipe860.004%
Rondônia510.003%
Amapá370.005%
Roraima370.006%

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

The spelling Giselle

With a final LL, it follows the French and English spelling from which the name came.

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.

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 Giselle

What does the name Giselle mean?

Giselle means “'hostage, pledge', from the Germanic root gisal”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Gisele, of which Giselle is a spelling.

How many people are named Giselle in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 14,848 people with the first name Giselle, which ranks it number 1,298 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Giselle is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 14,792 women and 56 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Giselle?

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

In which Brazilian state is Giselle most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.018% of the state's population is named Giselle (2,896 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Giselle?

Gisele and Gissele. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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