Zelda
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning gray battle; variant of Griselda.
How Zelda has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #648 |
| 2016 | #688 |
| 2017 | #648 |
| 2018 | #667 |
| 2019 | #664 |
| 2020 | #559 |
| 2021 | #606 |
| 2022 | #669 |
| 2023 | #705 |
| 2024 | #748 |
| 2025 | #832 |
Zelda by the numbers
In 2025, 38 babies in England and Wales were named Zelda. In the US, 454 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 best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1905, about 1 in 4,100 American girls born that year was called Zelda.
Other names that come from Griselda
Like Zelda, each of these traces back to Griselda: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zelda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a warrior
Like Zelda, each of these has a warrior in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Matildamighty in battle1,449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sloanewarrior, raider; from Sloan1,405 in the US (2017)
- Maeveshe who intoxicates; a warrior queen1,330 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Zelda
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