# Ghislaine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ghislaine/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɡɪˈleɪn/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 190 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 190 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Ghislaine.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5 | 13,710 |
| 1991 | 6 | 12,021 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,795 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14,270 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,998 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,509 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,377 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,586 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,805 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,932 |
| 2011 | 10 | 10,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9,947 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,725 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,510 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,379 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |

## In other languages

- French: Ghislaine, Ghyslaine

## People named Ghislaine

- Ghislaine Maxwell, British socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Ep
- Ghislaine Dupont, French journalist (1956–2013)
- Ghislaine Landry, Canadian rugby union and sevens player
- Ghislaine Thesmar, French ballet dancer (born 1943)
- Laura Flippes, French handball player
- Guesch Patti, French singer and dancer (1946–2026)
- Anne Philipe, French writer (1917-1990)
- Noémie Wolfs, Belgian singer

## 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.