Girl · Germanic (uncertain), through Italian
Griselda
Say it: grih-ZEL-duh
Meaning
Possibly from Germanic gris 'grey' and hild 'battle', but the origin is not settled.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Spread through the story of Patient Griselda; Grizel was used in Scotland.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1990s
In the United States
- 8,961 babies given this name since 1906
- At its height in 1993, about 1 in 5,900 girls
- 44 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Grizel, Grizelda
| Italian | Griselda |
|---|---|
| German | Griseldis |
Famous bearers
- Patient Griselda, heroine of tales by Boccaccio, Petrarch and Chaucer
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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