Skip to content
BrazilNames BrazilNames
PT

Meaning of the nameGislaine

Gislaine is a feminine name, a French variant of Ghislaine also used in Brazil, from the Germanic gīsl, 'hostage, pledge'.

Meaning

“feminine of Ghislain, from the Germanic gīsl, 'hostage, pledge'”

Source: Wiktionary: Ghislain · Behind the Name: Ghislain

People (2022)
58,383
Rank in Brazil
#511
Median age
36 years
2010 Census
62,805
people

Gislaine in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gislaine, 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 (22,402 people).

58,184 women 199 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 Gislaine is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.079%
  2. Paraná 0.074%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.056%
  4. Santa Catarina 0.055%
  5. São Paulo 0.047%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo20,9500.047%
Paraná8,4820.074%
Rio Grande do Sul6,0840.056%
Minas Gerais5,8540.029%
Santa Catarina4,2090.055%
Mato Grosso do Sul2,1730.079%
Mato Grosso1,6620.045%
Goiás1,3670.019%
Bahia1,2880.009%
Rio de Janeiro1,0800.007%
Pernambuco9240.010%
Rondônia6240.040%
Espírito Santo5840.015%
Sergipe5210.024%
Rio Grande do Norte3790.012%
Paraíba3500.009%
Ceará3250.004%
Distrito Federal3130.011%
Alagoas2790.009%
Maranhão2310.003%
Pará2280.003%
Tocantins1450.010%
Piauí1260.004%
Amazonas1130.003%
Acre470.006%
Roraima390.006%

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

About the name Gislaine

Behind the Name lists Gislaine as a French variant of Ghislaine, also used in Brazil. Ghislaine is the feminine of Ghislain, which comes from the Latin Gislenus, from a Germanic name formed on gīsl, 'hostage, pledge', with a diminutive suffix, according to Wiktionary. The meaning of the name is therefore that of the masculine base. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 58,383 people named Gislaine, with a median age of 36; the peak was among women born in the 1980s. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Ghislaine, Gislainne, Gislayne, Gizlaine and Gyslaine, among others, as spelling variants.

Written without the h of Ghislaine; it is the most common spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Gislaine

SpellingPeople (2022)
Gislaine58,383
Gislayne2,304

Sources

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

Questions about the name Gislaine

What does the name Gislaine mean?

Gislaine means “feminine of Ghislain, from the Germanic gīsl, 'hostage, pledge'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Gislaine in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 58,383 people with the first name Gislaine, which ranks it number 511 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Gislaine is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 58,184 women and 199 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Gislaine?

Gislaine is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Gislaine most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.079% of the state's population is named Gislaine (2,173 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Gislaine?

Gislayne. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

More names of Germanic origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Gislaine with a source. See the methodology.