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Griselda
Rank in 2024
#3,601
Born in 2024
43
Peak year
1993 · #698
Origin
Germanic
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 43 girls were named Griselda, about 1 in every 37,516.
- It peaked in 1993 with 307 babies, ranked #698.
- It first shows up in the records in 1906.
- 9,075 girls have been named Griselda since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Griselda per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 28 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 81 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 450 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,302 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,747 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,915 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 552 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From the Old English elements *grīs (“gray”) + hild (“battle”), meaning “gray battle-maid”. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
- A female given name from the Germanic languages used in Middle Ages, but rather rare today.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Griselda, CC BY-SA 4.0.