proper noun/ɡi.lɛ̃/
a male given name, masculine of Ghislaine
From Latin Gislenus (variant Ghislenus), the Latinized name of Saint Ghislain (a seventh-century anchorite in Hainaut), from Proto-West Germanic *Gīslīn, a hypocoristic personal name derived from *gīsl (“hostage, pledge”) + the diminutive suffix *-īn. Cognate with German Geisel (“hostage”). The insertion of the h originated as a Picard and Walloon orthographic device to indicate the preservation of the hard IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /ɡ/ sound before a front vowel, preventing the regular palatalization to IPA⁽ᵏᵉ