# Gisela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gisela/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,246 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,246 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 26, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,850 |
| 2012 | 56 | 3,024 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,661 |
| 2014 | 41 | 3,739 |
| 2015 | 51 | 3,229 |
| 2016 | 46 | 3,430 |
| 2017 | 41 | 3,720 |
| 2018 | 41 | 3,701 |
| 2019 | 33 | 4,287 |
| 2020 | 38 | 3,803 |
| 2021 | 30 | 4,546 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,238 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,795 |
| 2024 | 33 | 4,318 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,932 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |

## People named Gisela

- Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Austrian Imperial and Royal
- Gisela Dulko, Argentine tennis player
- Gisela Mauermayer, German discus thrower (1913–1995)
- Gisela Januszewska, Austrian physician (1867–1943)
- Gisela Birkemeyer, East German hurdler (1931–2024)
- Gisela, Frankish noble, daughter of Louis the Pious
- Gisela Uhlen, German actress (1919–2007)
- Gisela May, German actress and singer (1924-2016)
- Gisela Hahn, German actress
- Gisela of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy, Marchioness of Montferrat (1075–1135)
- Gisela Bock, German historian
- Gisela Kahn Gresser, chess player

## 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.