Gisela is a female given name of Germanic origin. The name derives from the Old High German word gīsal, "pledge".
Variations on the name in other languages include:
Spanish: Gisela, Gicela, Gicelberta Catalan: Gisela German: Gisela French: Gisèle, Giselle Hungarian: Gizella Italian: Gisella Polish: Gizela Portuguese: Gisela
The male forms is Gísli and Gisle, from Gísla saga (Gisli's saga) possibly known from place names such as Gislaved, a municipality in Sweden.
Noble Giselas Gisela (daughter of Pepin the Short) (757 - 810-11), abbess Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne (in or before 781 - after 808) Gisela of Burgundy (c. 955 - 1007), daughter of Conrad, king of Burgundy, wife of Henry the Wrangler Giselle of Bavaria (c. 1085 - 1065), her daughter (also Gisela of Hungary), wife of Stephen I of Hungary Gisela of Swabia (c. 990-1043), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor Gisela Agnes of Rath (1669-1740), Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen, Countess of Nienburg, regent of Anhalt-Köthen Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856-1932), daughter to Emperor Franz Joseph I Princess Gisela of Liechtenstein (born 1990), great-granddaughter of Emperor Charles I of Austria
Notable Giselas Gisela (singer) (born 1979), Catalan singer Gisela Arendt (1918–1969), German swimmer Gisela Biedermann (born 1948), Liechtensteiner physician and politician Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg (1929–2025), German sociologist, ethnologist, sexologist and writer Gisela Boniel (1977–2017), Filipino politician Gisela Casimiro (born 1984), Portuguese writer and activist Gisela Depkat (born 1942), Canadian cellist and teacher Gisela Dulko (born 1985), Argentine tennis player Gisela Grothaus (born 1955), German slalom canoeist Gísela López (born 1968), Bolivian journalist and politician Gisela McDaniel (born 1995), Indigenous Chamorro visual artist Gisela Richter (1882–1972), British-born archaeologist Gisela Steineckert (born 1931), German writer Gisela Storz, American microbiologist Gisela Stuart (born 1955), German-born British politician Gisela Valcárcel (born 1963), Peruvian TV host Gisela Vidal (1940–2022), Venezuelan athlete Gisela Wuchinger (born 1950), German Austrian singer, also known as Gilla
See also Gisela (disambiguation) Gisella (name) Giselle (given name) Gisele (given name)