Giesel Family History
Giesel Name Meaning
German: from the personal name Giesel a short form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names with the first element gīsil ‘pledge hostage noble offspring’. In ancient and medieval ancient Germanic society the younger children of kings and princes were sometimes sent to be brought up at the court of a neighboring ruler as a pledge of peace between the two nations or clans. Thus the male personal name Gisil and its feminine equivalent Gisela mean both ‘pledge’ and ‘noble offspring’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022