Ghislaine
given name · French · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ghislaine is a given name, most frequently recorded in France. In Belgium it is the 10th most common given name. It appears chiefly in French and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Feminine of Ghislain, from Germanic gisil, 'pledge, hostage'.
- BEBelgium1 in 300◐
- FRFrance1 in 1.6K
- CACanada1 in 34K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈3.2K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 308 ●
- 1 in 11K ◐
across 8 countries
recorded for this name
169K records
Official registry-verified
Netherlands
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Гислен in RU Russia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Feminine of Ghislain, from Germanic gisil, 'pledge, hostage'.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #308 | 327,534 | 106K rec. | — | 64K | Ghislaine | 308 |
| BE Belgium | #10 | 51,626 | 53K rec. | — | 1.4K | Ghislaine | 60 |
| CA Canada | — | 2,434 | 2.2K rec. | — | 1 | Ghislaine | 77 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 1,571△ | 171 rec. | 1 in 11K | 1.6K | Ghislaine | 38 |
| US United States | — | 1,247 | 3.8K rec. | 1 in 267K | 1.2K | Ghislaine | 184 |
| MQ Martinique | #153 | 950 | 4 rec. | — | 5 | Ghislaine | 3 |
| CM Cameroon | #197 | 552 | 568 rec. | — | — | Ghislaine | 23 |
| GP Guadeloupe | #311 | 475 | 2 rec. | — | 5 | Ghislaine | 3 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 292 | 210 rec. | — | listed | Ghislaine | 48 |
| BR Brazil | — | 175 | 0 rec. | 1 in 1.2M | 175 | — | 1 |
| ES Spain | — | 89 | 664 rec. | 1 in 562K | 89 | Ghislaine | 36 |
| SE Sweden | — | 55△ | 11 rec. | 1 in 186K | 55 | — | 8 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- French388K92%
- English13K3%
- Spanish4.4K1%
- Dutch2.9K1%
- Portuguese2.7K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 388,265 | 92% |
| English | 13,248 | 3% |
| Spanish | 4,367 | 1% |
| Dutch | 2,869 | 1% |
| Portuguese | 2,727 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Ghislaine is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Feminine of Ghislain; Germanic from gisal- 'pledge'.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Old French: oblique case of GISELLE, in a spelling that suggests Dutch or Flemish influence.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In French, a female given name from the Germanic languages, female equivalent of Ghislain
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Origine germanique; signifie « douce otage ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Féminin de Ghislain, du germanique *gisil*.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1936 | 1 |
| 1938 | 1 |
| 1941 | 1 |
| 1942 | 1 |
| 1945 | 1 |
| 1948 | 4 |
| 1949 | 5 |
| 1950 | 1 |
| 1951 | 3 |
| 1952 | 2 |
| 1953 | 2 |
| 1954 | 4 |
| 1955 | 4 |
| 1956 | 7 |
| 1957 | 3 |
| 1958 | 5 |
| 1959 | 5 |
| 1960 | 1 |
| 1961 | 1 |
| 1962 | 7 |
| 1963 | 5 |
| 1964 | 2 |
| 1965 | 5 |
| 1966 | 3 |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1969 | 6 |
| 1970 | 6 |
| 1971 | 10 |
| 1972 | 6 |
| 1973 | 2 |
| 1974 | 3 |
| 1975 | 9 |
| 1976 | 7 |
| 1977 | 7 |
| 1978 | 13 |
| 1979 | 8 |
| 1980 | 10 |
| 1981 | 13 |
| 1982 | 17 |
| 1983 | 12 |
| 1984 | 17 |
| 1985 | 14 |
| 1986 | 12 |
| 1987 | 14 |
| 1988 | 15 |
| 1989 | 15 |
| 1990 | 25 |
| 1991 | 26 |
| 1992 | 27 |
| 1993 | 21 |
| 1994 | 18 |
| 1995 | 22 |
| 1996 | 23 |
| 1997 | 21 |
| 1998 | 21 |
| 1999 | 20 |
| 2000 | 15 |
| 2001 | 20 |
| 2002 | 21 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 15 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 9 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 77 years between 1936–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Gabrielle Petitb. 1893BEnot in their usual nameBelgian spy (1893-1916)
- Ghislaine Dommangetb. 1900FRPrincess Consort of Monaco, French actress
- Anne Philipeb. 1917FRnot in their usual nameFrench writer (1917-1990)
- Guesch Pattib. 1946FRnot in their usual nameFrench singer and dancer (1946–2026)
- Ghislaine Maxwellb. 1961GBBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
- Princess Delphine of Belgiumb. 1968BEnot in their usual nameBelgian artist; extramarital daughter of King Albert II of Belgium
- Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acozb. 1973BEnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Belgium
- Charles Michelb. 1975BEnot in their usual nameBelgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Council
- Ghislaine Landryb. 1988CACanadian rugby union and sevens player
- Laura Flippesb. 1994FRnot in their usual nameFrench handball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 51 sources across 33 countries.
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 414 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Ghislaine?
- We estimate roughly 3.2 thousand people bear Ghislaine (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Ghislaine have the most bearers?
- Ghislaine is most frequently recorded in France, where it is most often spelled ghislaine.
- How common is Ghislaine compared with other names?
- In France, Ghislaine is the 308th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.
- Is Ghislaine a male or female name?
- Ghislaine is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Ghislaine mean?
- Recorded meaning: Feminine of Ghislain, from Germanic gisil, 'pledge, hostage'.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ghislaine” — the 308th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.