From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.

Meaning of the name giselle. Giselle is a ballet which tells of the love of Giselle and Albrecht and how it extends beyond death. Gisѐle was the wife of Duke Rollo Rolf of Normandy in the 10th century. The name was popular in France during the Middle Ages the more common French.

Meaning History. In the Middle Ages noble or royal children were often sent to foreign courts as pledges. It was a practice in the early Middle Ages for rival factions to offer a person often a child to each other as a pledge of peace.

In the 2007 film Enchanted Giselle is the name of the ingenuous princess portrayed by Amy Adams living in the fantasy animated kingdom of Andalasia. Meaning of the name Giselle. In medieval Europe it was a common practice for children to be brought up in a foreign court as a pledge and this may have been the source of use of the name.

The name Giselle is a girls name of German origin meaning pledgehostage. Giselle is a Germanic name derived from the word gisil which means hostage or pledge. Famous real-life people named Gisella.

A submission from Texas US. A German name derived from gisil to owe a pledge a mutual obligation. Derived from the Germanic word gisil meaning hostage pledge.

Giselle is a female given name of French origin. See what 2 people think about Giselle. In France the word gisil was used to describe the act of pledging or owing something.