Giselle

Giselle \gi-sel-le, gis-e-lle\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Giselle is pronounced JHihZEHL in English or ZHiyZEHL in French ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Giselle: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; ZH as in "beige (B.EY.ZH" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Giselle?

Giselle has its origins in the Germanic language, and it is used largely in English and French. The name is associated with the medieval custom where rival noblemen would send their children to be raised at each other's court, as a pledge to ensure peace and friendship between them; the child would then be known as a gisil ('pledge, hostage'). The name Giselle is used to a great extent; it has 36 variant forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variant forms include short names for Ghisele, Ghisella meaning and origin, name Ghislain meaning (also used in Dutch), what does the name Giesell mean, what does the name Gisela mean (also used in German, Italian, and Spanish), Giselda name, Giseli name popularity, Gisella meaning and origin (also used in French and Italian), what does the name Gisèle mean (also used in French), Gisilberhta pronounciation, Gisli definition, meaning of Gissela, what does the name Gissell mean, Gissella meaning, nicknames for Gizel, name Gysel, Gysell pronounciation, Jiselle meaning and origin, and baby name Jizelle. Other English forms include the diminutive form Gigi name (also used in French), and the spelling variants meaning of Gisel, Gisele meaning of name (also used in French), Gisell name variations, name Gisselle origin, and Gizelle definition (also used in Czech). Variant forms of Giselle used in foreign languages include the French Ghislaine name, the German Gisa name, the Welsh nicknames for Gisal, the Czech Giza definition, the Czech, Latvian, and Polish baby name Gizela, the Hungarian short names for Gizella, the Hungarian name Gizi, the Hungarian short names for Gizike, the Hungarian meaning of Gizus, the Russian what does the name Gjuzel mean, and the German Isel name variations. Giselle is popular as a baby name for girls, and it can also be perceived to be rather trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.123% of baby girls were named Giselle. It ranked at #134 then. In 2010, it ranked at #147 with a usage of 0.107%, and it was the most popular within all girl names in its group. 6 times more girls were named Giselle than the next ranked name, Gisselle definition, in 2010.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Giselle:

the English and French nicknames for Gisèle, the English name Jizelle, the name name Geela, the German Gela definition, the German Geli definition, the Russian Gelya name, the name name Gila origin, the Hebrew baby name Gili, the English meaning of Gilli, the English name Gillie origin, the English Gilly meaning of name, the Welsh Gisal meaning, the English Gisel definition, the English and French nicknames for Gisele, the English what does the name Gisell mean, the English Gisselle name, the name Giulie name variations, the Russian meaning of Gjuzel, the name name Gysel meaning, and the name Gysell meaning.

The baby name Giselle fun facts:

The name Giselle in reverse order is "Ellesig".

The numerological value of the name Giselle is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Giselle?

Giselle is in the top names in USA.