Gisela Forename
1,098th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 848,565 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany
Gisela Forename Definition:
A female name. Old German Gisila, derivative of gisl ‘pledge'. It was the name of a d. of Charles the Simple, who m. Rollo 1st Duke of Normandy. Gisèle is not uncommon in France and it, or Gisela, is sometimes used by Roman Catholics in England.
Read More About This ForenameGisela Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 601,122 | 1:161 | 31 |
| Argentina | 100% | 33,647 | 1:1,271 | 227 |
| Mexico | 100% | 31,071 | 1:3,996 | 505 |
| Cuba | - | 22,530 | 1:511 | 131 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 20,128 | 1:1,500 | 236 |
| United States | 100% | 16,996 | 1:21,331 | 1,679 |
| Mozambique | - | 16,320 | 1:1,669 | 373 |
| Angola | 100% | 14,306 | 1:1,885 | 390 |
| Austria | 100% | 10,307 | 1:826 | 176 |
| Spain | 100% | 9,219 | 1:5,047 | 487 |
| Brazil | 100% | 9,012 | 1:23,772 | 2,124 |
| Peru | 100% | 7,271 | 1:4,372 | 681 |
| Portugal | - | 6,734 | 1:1,546 | 197 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6,376 | 1:1,288 | 270 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 5,708 | 1:1,827 | 285 |
| Chile | 100% | 5,303 | 1:3,320 | 406 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5,036 | 1:10,482 | 1,354 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3,587 | 1:13,320 | 1,070 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,033 | 1:1,288 | 247 |
| Ecuador | - | 2,532 | 1:7,001 | 671 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,647 | 1:5,985 | 621 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,582 | 1:6,701 | 851 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,205 | 1:14,027 | 1,516 |
| England | 100% | 1,139 | 1:48,817 | 2,322 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,045 | 1:31,707 | 2,477 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,039 | 1:52,486 | 5,349 |
| Belgium | 100% | 907 | 1:12,668 | 1,202 |
| Honduras | 100% | 902 | 1:9,775 | 985 |
| Philippines | 100% | 742 | 1:142,870 | 7,093 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 606 | 1:5,859 | 502 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 563 | 1:458,195 | 35,421 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 492 | 1:9,691 | 909 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 476 | 1:15,203 | 1,159 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 420 | 1:38,353 | 1,502 |
| France | 100% | 368 | 1:180,626 | 3,090 |
| Namibia | - | 363 | 1:6,623 | 909 |
| El Salvador | - | 360 | 1:17,616 | 995 |
| Denmark | - | 359 | 1:15,737 | 1,052 |
| Australia | - | 352 | 1:38,800 | 2,059 |
| Israel | 99% | 346 | 1:24,286 | 2,116 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 334 | 1:10,262 | 758 |
| Italy | 100% | 328 | 1:186,165 | 2,737 |
| Albania | 99% | 255 | 1:11,947 | 1,790 |
| Czechia | 100% | 254 | 1:41,953 | 786 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 209 | 1:103,400 | 5,353 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 194 | 1:31,022 | 1,885 |
| Romania | 100% | 193 | 1:103,896 | 4,537 |
| Cape Verde | - | 159 | 1:3,328 | 514 |
| Norway | 100% | 138 | 1:37,191 | 1,720 |
| Thailand | 100% | 130 | 1:538,968 | 25,018 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 87 | 1:6,483 | 628 |
| Congo | 92% | 81 | 1:61,842 | 4,424 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 79 | 1:479 | 111 |
| Finland | 100% | 77 | 1:71,210 | 2,016 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 71 | 1:114,821 | 10,324 |
| Aruba | - | 67 | 1:1,549 | 313 |
| Estonia | 100% | 60 | 1:21,923 | 1,795 |
| New Zealand | - | 53 | 1:85,586 | 3,840 |
| Scotland | 100% | 48 | 1:111,466 | 2,546 |
| Hungary | 97% | 43 | 1:227,716 | 1,150 |
| Andorra | - | 42 | 1:1,974 | 243 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 37 | 1:5,189 | 824 |
| Ireland | 100% | 36 | 1:128,987 | 2,887 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Croatia | 100% | 30 | 1:140,569 | 2,926 |
| India | 100% | 26 | 1:46,726,076 | 818,939 |
| Belize | 100% | 23 | 1:15,405 | 1,953 |
| Greece | 100% | 21 | 1:520,693 | 6,872 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 19 | 1:296,188 | 5,053 |
| Singapore | 100% | 14 | 1:449,075 | 10,858 |
| Turkey | 100% | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| Wales | 100% | 13 | 1:238,024 | 4,015 |
| China | - | 12 | 1:113,837,982 | 65,289 |
| Jamaica | - | 11 | 1:262,112 | 7,926 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 8 | 1:3,806,242 | 94,684 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 6 | 1:226,903 | 11,844 |
| Kenya | - | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Uganda | 100% | 5 | 1:8,191,384 | 58,906 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 5 | 1:21,949 | 2,239 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 4 | 1:44,391,090 | 271,718 |
| Russia | 100% | 4 | 1:36,058,426 | 83,389 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
The alternate forms: Giséla (33), Gísela (11), Gisèla (10), Giselà (1) & Giselá (1) are calculated separately.
Gisela (341) may also be a surname.
Gisela Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Old German Gisila, derivative of gisl ‘pledge'. It was the name of a d. of Charles the Simple, who m. Rollo 1st Duke of Normandy. Gisèle is not uncommon in France and it, or Gisela, is sometimes used by Roman Catholics in England.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Gisela Forename Popularity
Gisela Demographics
Average Gisela Salary in
United States
$41,271 USD
Per year
Rank:
232,792 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00505451
Rank: 1,569 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
94.81%
Sample size: 10,096 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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