Giselle

Where Giselle comes from

Borrowed from French Giselle.
— Wiktionary's entry for Giselle
  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1949
    First appearance
    #5,244 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1981
    Giselle Itié born
    Brazilian actress
  3. 1992
    Giselle Ansley born
    British field hockey player
  4. 2007
    Peak, #134
    2,596 babies named Giselle — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #273.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Giselle Itié · Brazilian actress, born 1981
  • Giselle Ansley · British field hockey player, born 1992
  • Giselle Kañevsky · field hockey player, born 1985
  • Giselle Laronde · Miss World 1986, born 1963
  • Giselle Fernández · American journalist, born 1961

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.