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Meaning of the nameGissele

Gissele 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 Gissele is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Giselle

People (2022)
1,410
Rank in Brazil
#6,544
Median age
37 years
2010 Census
1,451
people

Gissele in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Gissele, 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 (580 people).

1,398 women 0 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 Gissele is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul2030.002%
São Paulo1980.000%
Rio de Janeiro1270.001%
Minas Gerais1220.001%
Santa Catarina990.001%
Paraná960.001%
Pará880.001%
Goiás580.001%
Bahia560.000%
Pernambuco510.001%
Maranhão430.001%
Amazonas420.001%
Ceará370.000%
Mato Grosso310.001%
Espírito Santo300.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul240.001%
Paraíba210.001%
Distrito Federal170.001%
Piauí150.001%

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

The spelling Gissele

It doubles the S and keeps the single L.

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 Gissele

What does the name Gissele mean?

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

How many people are named Gissele in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,410 people with the first name Gissele, which ranks it number 6,544 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

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

Gissele is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,398 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Gissele?

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

In which Brazilian state is Gissele most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Gissele (203 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Gissele?

Gisele and Giselle. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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