Giselle

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Giselle Itié

Brazilian actress

Choose Giselle and your child shares a first name with Giselle Itié, a Brazilian actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Giselle, like who?” Giselle Itié's Wikipedia article is available in 20 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 2,002 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Giselle, 803 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Giselle would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryGiselle first shows up in US birth records in 1949, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 76 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2009, when it reached #134.
• 🍂TrendGiselle has slipped 50 places over the last five years and now sits at #382. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedGiselle is most popular in New Mexico, where it ranks #143, followed by California (#214) and Texas (#226). It's in the top 1,000 in 31 states.
• 💬MeaningIn Germanic, Giselle means “pledge”. Our records link it to German and Old German roots.
• 🌍OriginGiselle is the #6 most popular Old German girl name in the US. That's out of 23 Old German girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Giselle

Giselle is a girl name of German and Old German origin meaning “pledge”. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, starting with G and ending in “-lle”. US birth records list Giselle for girls from 1949 to 2025, in 76 of those 77 years. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked #134 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #382, with 803 babies.

Origin:German namesOld German names