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Giselle (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
Ji-zell

Word/name
  
Old German

Related names
  
Gisela, Gisele

Gender
  
Female

Meaning
  
"Pledge"

Giselle is a female given name of French origin. It is derived from the Germanic word gisil, meaning "hostage", "mutual obligation" or "pledge", and may have originated as a nickname for a child given as a pledge to a foreign court. Variants of the name include Gisela, Gisele, and Gisèle. The name may refer to:

  • Giselle of Bavaria (985–1065), Queen of Hungary
  • Giselle Ansley (born 1992), British field hockey player
  • Giselle Blondet (born 1964), Puerto Rican actress and television host
  • Giselle Bonilla (born 1994), American actress
  • Giselle Fernández (born 1961), American journalist
  • Giselle Itié (born 1982), Brazilian actress
  • Giselle Juárez (born 1991), Argentine field hockey player
  • Giselle Kañevsky (born 1985), Argentine field hockey player
  • Giselle Khoury (born 1961), Lebanese journalist
  • Giselle Laronde (born 1963), Trinidadian model and 1986 Miss World
  • Giselle Loren (born 1964), American actress
  • Giselle Martin-Kniep (born 1956), American educator
  • Giselle Patrón (born 1987), Peruvian model
  • Giselle Rosselli (born 1990), Australian musician
  • Giselle Salandy (1987–2009), Trinidadian boxer
  • Giselle Toengi (born 1978), American actress
  • Giselle Zado Wasfie (born 1976), American writer
  • Fiction

  • Giselle, fictional character in the 2007 Disney film Enchanted
  • Giselle, fictional character in the Open Season films
  • Giselle Villard, fictional character in Mystic comics
  • Giselle, a 1976 Lancia Scorpion that the titular protagonist falls in love with in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
  • Gisele Yashar, character in The Fast and the Furious franchise
  • References

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