Gisela (name)

Gisela is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

The name is derived from the Old High German word Gisal, meaning " hostage; guarantor; Pledge ".

Dissemination

In the late 19th century Gisela was a moderately popular female first name in Germany. From the mid 1910s his popularity rose. From the mid-twenties to early fifties, the name was in the top ten of each vintage. With the beginning of the sixties, its popularity decreased greatly since the seventies children Gisela are hardly mentioned.

Name-day

May 7; Gisela of Bavaria, Queen of Hungary

Variants

  • German: Gisela
  • French: Gisele, Giselle
  • Italian: Gisella
  • Spanish: Gisela
  • Scandinavian: Silke
  • Hungarian: Gizella

Famous names winners

  • Gisela of Burgundy (950/960-1007), Duchess of Bavaria, mother of Emperor Henry II
  • Gisela of Bavaria (c. 985-1060 ), queen of Hungary, married to King Stephen of Hungary
  • Gisela of Swabia (989/999-1043), German Queen and Roman Empress
  • Gisela Agnes of Rath (1669-1740), Princess of Anhalt- Köthen
  • Gisela Louise Marie of Austria (1856-1932), daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph and Elisabeth of Austria
  • Gisela of key mountain, the first abbess of the monastery Schlüsselau
  • Gisela of Backnang ( * before 1027, † before 1050), Swabian nobles
  • Gisela von Arnim (1827-1889), German writer
  • Gisela Eichardt (* 1964), German sculptor
  • Gisela fish Dick ( b. 1955 ), German chess grandmaster.
  • Gisela Marx ( b. 1942 ), German journalist
  • Gisela May (* 1924), German actress
  • Gisela Schlüter (1919-1995), German cabaret artist and actress
  • Gisela Schneeberger ( born 1948 ), German cabaret artist and actress
  • Gisela Stein (1935-2009), German actress
  • Gisela Uhlen (1919-2007), German actress
  • Gisela Wessel ( born 1926 ), German actress
  • Gisela Widmer (born 1958 ), Swiss author, columnist and radio wife
  • Gisela Zoch - Westphal ( born 1930 ), German actress and reciter
  • Gisela of Poellnitz
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