Name: Gisela

Gender: Female

Usage: Gisela, of basque origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.

People having the name Gisela are in general originating from Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland.

Variants: For another variant of the name Gisela across the world, see Giselle.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Gisela is: Hostage, A pledge.

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Numerology of the first name Gisela: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst

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The name Gisela is ranked on the 3,450th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 99500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Gisela has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Gisela for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

The name day of Gisela is 7 May.

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Gisela is a female given name of debated, either Germanic or Turkic origin. The name might derive from the Old High German word gīsal, "pledge", or the Turkic word güzal, "beautiful".

Variations on the name in other languages include:

  • Catalan: Gisela
  • German: Gisela, Giselberta
  • French: Gisèle, Giselle
  • Italian: Gisella
  • Polish: Gizela
  • Portuguese: Gisela

The male form is Gisli, from Gísla saga (Gisli's saga) possibly known from place names such as Gislaved, a municipality in Sweden.

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