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Masculine Ghislain, Guislain, Gislain or Ghiselin and feminine Ghislaine or Ghyslaine is a French personal name used in countries with French-speaking populations. It is originated with a 7th century saint, Saint Ghislain (died 680) of Hainaut and was latinized as Gislenus.
Etymologically, the name is usually said to derive from the oblique case of a Proto-West Germanic root: *gīsl “hostage, pledge” (see Wiktionary:Ghislain). As such, it is cognate with modern German Geisel "hostage". (However, one source has instead claimed that the name is derived from Germanic roots gis "information" and lind "sweet".[1]) The name possibly became popular as a secondary given name, which was intended to give infants the protection of St Ghislain.[2]
Other people with this given name include:
Ghislaine Dommanget (1900–1991), Princess of Monaco and actress
Ghislaine Alexander (1922–2000), British heiress and socialite
Ghislain Cloquet (1924–1981), Belgian-born French cinematographer
Ghislaine Roquet (1926–2016), Canadian philosophy professor and nun
Ghislain Fournier (born 1938), Canadian politician and businessman
Ghislaine Thesmar (born 1943), French ballet dancer
Ghislain de Montgolfier (born 1943), French winemaker, head of the Bollinger Champagne house
Ghislaine Barnay (born 1945), French athlete
Ghislain Harvey (born 1946), Canadian politician
Ghislain Lebel (1946–2023), Canadian politician
Ghyslaine Côté (born 1955), Canadian filmmaker
Ghislaine Maxwell (born 1961), British socialite, daughter of Robert Maxwell, companion of Jeffrey Epstein and convicted sex criminal
Lady Ghislaine, yacht named after Maxwell
Ghislain Anselmini (born 1970), French footballer
Ghislain Lemaire (born 1972), French judoka
Ghislain Poirier, artist name Poirier (born 1976), Canadian DJ from Montreal
Ghislain Gimbert (born 1985), French footballer
Gislaine Cristina Souza da Silva (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
Ghyslain Raza (born circa 1988), creator of the viral video Star Wars Kid
Ghislain Barbe, Canadian illustrator
^Sache, Ivan (4 March 2017). "Saint-Ghislain (Municipality, Province of Hainaut, Belgium)". crwflags.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^"Saint Ghislain of Hainaut". Forget Bruges. 4 November 2020.
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