Gisela
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Gisela yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Gisela has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2008. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,588 |
| 2000 | 1,586 |
| 2001 | 1,594 |
| 2002 | 1,593 |
| 2003 | 1,601 |
| 2004 | 1,618 |
| 2005 | 1,610 |
| 2006 | 1,603 |
| 2007 | 1,598 |
| 2008 | 1,604 |
| 2009 | 1,593 |
| 2010 | 1,593 |
| 2011 | 1,573 |
| 2012 | 1,564 |
| 2013 | 1,550 |
| 2014 | 1,535 |
| 2015 | 1,524 |
| 2016 | 1,521 |
| 2017 | 1,506 |
| 2018 | 1,489 |
| 2019 | 1,477 |
| 2020 | 1,450 |
Gisela in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gisela.Hi! My name is Gisela.
- Har du träffat Gisela? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Gisela? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Gisela kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Gisela is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Giselas mamma är lärare.Gisela's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Giselas mamma is Gisela's mum.
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Questions about Gisela
How do you pronounce Gisela in Swedish?
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How popular is Gisela in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gisela in 2022. In 2020, 1,450 people in Sweden had Gisela as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2008 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.