NewName Shortlist 0 Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 20 40 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2008 per 100,000 babies of that sex 2,986 babies given this name since 1995 At its height in 2008, about 1 in 2,200 girls 44 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Jocelyn Girl From the Norman name Joscelin, a diminutive of Gauzelin, from the Germanic tribal name of the Gauts (Goths);… Middle Ages · peak 2007 Giselle Girl French form of Gisela, from Germanic gisil, whose sense ('pledge, hostage' or 'offshoot') is uncertain. Victorian · peak 2007 Gisèle Girl From Germanic gisil, probably 'pledge' or 'hostage'. Early Medieval · peak 2009 · forgotten Gisela Girl From Germanic gisil, of uncertain sense: 'pledge, hostage' and 'offshoot' have both been proposed. Early Medieval · peak 1995 · forgotten Jocelin Boy From Germanic Gauzelin, a diminutive of a name based on the Gauts tribe. Middle Ages · peak 2007 · forgotten Josselin Boy Uncertain. From a Germanic diminutive such as Gauzelin, possibly from the Gauts (Goths), or linked to the Breton… Middle Ages Gizella Girl From Germanic gisil, usually understood as 'pledge' or 'hostage'. Middle Ages · forgotten Juscelino Boy A Brazilian name of uncertain origin, perhaps from the medieval Joscelin. Modern · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.