Gisele
Meaning
“French form of Giselle, 'pledge, hostage'”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Gisele peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
150,212 people · the #227 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,351 · median age 35
Among people named Gisele living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 767 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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