Gisela (name)
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
Noble Giselas
- Gisela (daughter of Pepin the Short), abbess
- Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne
- Gisela of Burgundy, daughter of Conrad, king of Burgundy, wife of Henry the Wrangler
- Giselle of Bavaria, her daughter, wife of Stephen I of Hungary
- Gisela of Swabia, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Gisela Agnes of Rath, Duchess of Anhalt-Köthen, Countess of Nienburg, regent of Anhalt-Köthen
- Archduchess Gisela of Austria, daughter to Emperor Franz Joseph I
Notable Giselas
- Gisela (singer), Catalan singer
- Gisela Arendt, German swimmer
- Gisela Biedermann, Liechtensteiner physician and politician
- Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg, German sociologist, ethnologist, sexologist and writer
- Gisela Boniel, Filipino politician
- Gisela Casimiro, Portuguese writer and activist
- Gisela Depkat, Canadian cellist and teacher
- Gisela Dulko, Argentine tennis player
- Gisela Grothaus, German slalom canoeist
- Gísela López, Bolivian journalist and politician
- Gisela McDaniel, Indigenous Chamorro visual artist
- Gisela Richter, British-born archaeologist
- Gisela Steineckert, German writer
- Gisela Storz, American microbiologist
- Gisela Stuart, German-born British politician
- Gisela Valcárcel, Peruvian TV host
- Gisela Vidal, Venezuelan athlete
- Gisela Wuchinger, German Austrian singer, also known as Gilla