# Ghislain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ghislain/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Ghislain

- Ghislain Cloquet, Belgian cinematographer (1924-1981)
- Ghislain Lemaire, French judoka
- Ghislain Marie Raoul Suzanne de Rasilly, Catholic bishop
- Saint Ghislain, 7th-century Belgian anchorite
- Ghislain Gimbert, French footballer
- Ghislain Printant, French football manager
- René Magritte, Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
- Frans Schollaert, Belgian lawyer and politician, and former Belgian prime minister (1851–1917)
- Henri de Brouckère, Belgian politician (1801-1891)
- Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian and archivist (1817-1898)
- Charles de Brouckère, Belgian politician (1796-1860)
- Leopold Lippens, Belgian politician (1941–2021)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.