# Giselle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/giselle/  
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 | /ʒɪˈzɛl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Gizelle |
| US babies named this | 50,230 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 44 / 50,186 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 639, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Giselle.

## 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 | 2,038 | 152 |
| 2012 | 1,709 | 185 |
| 2013 | 1,563 | 207 |
| 2014 | 1,577 | 215 |
| 2015 | 1,489 | 221 |
| 2016 | 1,463 | 220 |
| 2017 | 1,176 | 273 |
| 2018 | 1,106 | 301 |
| 2019 | 976 | 329 |
| 2020 | 937 | 332 |
| 2021 | 847 | 362 |
| 2022 | 907 | 350 |
| 2023 | 889 | 347 |
| 2024 | 872 | 358 |
| 2025 | 803 | 382 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 8 | 5,032 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,172 |
| 1999 | 8 | 7,394 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,984 |
| 2001 | 5 | 11,160 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,492 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,398 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,587 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,472 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,911 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,449 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## In other languages

- Czech: Gizela
- French: Giselle, Gisèle
- Georgian: ჟიზელი, ჟიზელ
- German: Gisela
- Portuguese: Gisele, Gisela
- Russian: Жизель
- Spanish: Gisel

## People named Giselle

- Giselle Itié, Brazilian actress
- Giselle Ansley, British field hockey player
- Giselle Kañevsky, field hockey player
- Giselle Fernández, American journalist
- Gigi Gorgeous, Canadian YouTuber, socialite, actress, and model
- Gisèle Pascal, actress (1921-2007)
- Gisele Thompson, American soccer player
- Natalie Juncos, Argentinian association football 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.