Etymology

Giesel

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

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The story

German surname, from the personal name Giesel, shortened from several old Germanic names derived from the element *gīsl (“pledge, hostage”). Also a variant of Geisel, of the same meaning.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.