Griselda
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning grey battlemaid or grey heroine.
Griselda by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Griselda. In the US, 43 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 307 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Griselda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Griceldagray battle; a form of Griselda6 in the US (2017)
- Giselapledge; hostage40 in the US (2017)
- Gisellapledge or hostage; a form of Gisela35 in the US (2017)
- Griselgrey battle; variant of Griselde or Griselda8 in the US (2017)
- Grisellvariant of Griselda, meaning grey battle-maid5 in the US (2017)
- Gissellapledge or hostage; a form of Giselle6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean courage
Like Griselda, each of these has courage in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Emersonson of Emery, brave power3,275 in the US (2017)
- Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)
- Valeriastrong and valiant; feminine form of Valerius1,887 in the US (2017)
- Emersynson of Emery, brave power; a modern respelling of Emerson1,331 in the US (2017)
- Emorybrave power; from a surname740 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Griselda
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