Name meaning & stats
Gisel
Gisel means “pledge” (French origin). 2,283 US babies since 1940, peak 1999.
What it means
“pledge”
FrenchSpelling of Giselle
In US birth records
Peak year: 1999
2,283 US babies were named Gisel between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Gisel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 34 Giselles spell it Gisel
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1999)