Masculine Ghislain, Guislain, Gislain or Ghiselin and feminine Ghislaine or Ghyslaine is a French

personal name A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek ''prósōpon'' – person, and ''onoma'' –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known. When taken together as a word-group, they all relate to that on ...

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 In grammar, an oblique ( abbreviated ; from ) or objective case ( abbr. ) is a nominal case other than the nominative case and, sometimes, the vocative. A noun or pronoun in the oblique case can generally appear in any role except as subject, ...

of a

Proto-West Germanic The West Germanic languages constitute the largest of the three branches of the Germanic family of languages (the others being the North Germanic and the extinct East Germanic languages). The West Germanic branch is classically subdivided ...

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".) The name possibly became popular as a secondary given name, which was intended to give infants the protection of St Ghislain. 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 Ghislain Lebel (February 17, 1946 – January 1, 2023) was a Quebec politician and notary. Background Ghislain Lebel has been an activist in the Quebec independence movement since his teenage years, having been part of the Rassemblement pour ...

(1946–2023), Canadian politician * Ghyslaine Côté (born 1955), Canadian filmmaker *

Ghislaine Maxwell Ghislaine Noelle Marion Maxwell ( ; born 25 December 1961) is a British-French-American former socialite and convicted sex offender. She was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offences in connection with the deceased financier and ...

(born 1961), British socialite, daughter of Robert Maxwell, companion of Jeffrey Epstein and convicted sex criminal **

Lady Ghislaine ''Dancing Hare'' (formerly ''Lady Ghislaine'' and ''Lady Mona K'') is a superyacht built by Amels in 1986. Built for Emad Khashoggi, it was then purchased, also in 1986, by Robert Maxwell, who died by drowning whilst cruising on the yacht off th ...

, 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 ''Star Wars Kid'' is a viral video made in 2002 by Ghyslain Raza

Ghislain Barbe Ghislain Barbe is a Canadian illustrator and artist. He is best known for designing the visual aspects of the Heavy Gear science fiction franchise in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was also responsible for the overall graphics of publisher Dream ...

, Canadian illustrator

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