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| name = Gicela or Gisela
| name = Gicela or Gisela
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| origin = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| origin = [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]
| related names = [[Giselle (given name)|Giselle]], [[Gísli]], {{ill|Gisle|no}}
| related names = [[Giselle (given name)|Giselle]], [[Gísli]], [[Gisle]]
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Variations on the name in other languages include:
Variations on the name in other languages include:


*[[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Catalan language|Catalan]]: Gicela, Gicelberta
*[[Spanish language|Spanish]]: Gisela, Gicela, Gicelberta
*[[Catalan language|Catalan]]: Gisela
*[[German language|German]]: Gisela
*[[German language|German]]: Gisela
*[[French language|French]]: Gisèle, Giselle
*[[French language|French]]: Gisèle, Giselle
*[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: Gizella
*[[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: Gizella
*[[Italian language|Italian]]: Gisella
*[[Italian language|Italian]]: [[Gisella]]
*[[Polish language|Polish]]: Gizela
*[[Polish language|Polish]]: Gizela
*[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: Gisela
*[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]: Gisela


The male forms is [[Gísli]] and [[:no:Gisle|Gisle]], from [[Gísla saga]] (Gisli's saga) possibly known from place names such as [[Gislaved Municipality|Gislaved]], a municipality in [[Sweden]].
The male forms is [[Gísli]] and [[Gisle]], from [[Gísla saga]] (Gisli's saga) possibly known from place names such as [[Gislaved Municipality|Gislaved]], a municipality in [[Sweden]].


==Noble Giselas==
==Noble Giselas==
* [[Gisela (daughter of Pepin the Short)]]
* [[Gisela (daughter of Pepin the Short)]] (757 - 810-11), abbess
* [[Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne]]
* [[Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne]] (in or before 781 - after 808)
* [[Gisela of Burgundy]], daughter of Conrad, king of Burgundy
* [[Gisela of Burgundy]] (c. 955 - 1007), daughter of Conrad, king of Burgundy, wife of [[Henry II, Duke of Bavaria|Henry the Wrangler]]
* [[Giselle of Bavaria]], her daughter (also Gisela of Hungary)
* [[Giselle of Bavaria]] (c. 1085 - 1065), her daughter (also Gisela of Hungary), wife of [[Stephen I of Hungary]]
* [[Gisela of Swabia]], Holy Roman Empress, wife of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
* [[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]], daughter to Emperor Franz Joseph I
* [[Archduchess Gisela of Austria]] (1856-1932), daughter to Emperor Franz Joseph I


==Notable Giselas==
==Notable Giselas==
*[[Gisela Richter]], archaeologist
*[[Gisela (singer)]] (born 1979), Catalan singer
*[[Gisela Dulko]], Argentine tennis player
*[[Gisela Arendt]] (1918–1969), German swimmer
*[[Gisela Valcárcel]], Peruvian TV host
*[[Gisela Biedermann]] (born 1948), Liechtensteiner physician and politician
*[[Gisela Bleibtreu-Ehrenberg]] (born 1929), German sociologist, ethnologist, sexologist and writer
*[[Gisela (singer)]], Catalan famous singer
*[[Gisela Novoa]], Emmy Award-winning producer
*[[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 Wuchinger]] (born 1950), German Austrian singer, also known as Gilla


==See also==
* [[Gisela (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gisella]] (name)
* [[Giselle (given name)]]
* [[Gisele (given name)]]

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[[Category:German feminine given names]]
[[Category:German feminine given names]]
[[Category:Spanish feminine given names]]
[[Category:Portuguese feminine given names]]
[[Category:Catalan feminine given names]]
[[Category:Polish feminine given names]]
[[Category:Feminine given names]]
[[Category:Italian feminine given names]]
[[Category:Hungarian feminine given names]]
[[Category:Swiss feminine given names]]
[[Category:Czech feminine given names]]

Latest revision as of 22:31, 6 September 2024

Not to be confused with Gisella, Giselle (given name), or Gisele (given name).
For other uses, see Gisela (disambiguation).
Gicela or Gisela
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameGermanic
Meaningpledge
Other names
Related namesGiselle, 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:

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

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Notable Giselas

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See also

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