| Gender | Female | 
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Germanic | 
| Meaning | pledge | 
| Other names | |
| Related names | Giselle, Gísli, Gisle | 
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
 
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 (born 1929), German sociologist, ethnologist, sexologist and writer
 - Gisela Boniel (1977–2017), Filipino politician
 - 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 Wuchinger (born 1950), German Austrian singer, also known as Gilla
 
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