Girl
Gisele
The name Gisele carries the meaning "pledge, hostage". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
EtymologyVariant of Giselle
EtymologyMeaning "pledge, hostage"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
47
1930s
66
1940s
33
1950s
935
1960s
627
1970s
201
1980s
163
1990s
225
2000s
1,364
2010s
1,154
Peaked in the 2000s · 4,815 total U.S. births since 1900