Griselda

Girl name

Griselda has been given to 9,185 babies in the U.S. since 1906. It peaked in 1993.

Meaning & origin

From the Old English elements *grīs (“gray”) +&lrm; hild (“battle”), meaning “gray battle-maid”.

Origin: Germanic languages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

9,185

Peak year

1993 (307 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1906

10-year trend

▲ +7%

Gender split

99% girls / 1% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Griselda.

9,184 babies since 1955

9,171 babies since 1970

9,068 babies since 1915

9,357 babies since 1958

8,991 babies since 1914

8,972 babies since 1957

8,955 babies since 1908

9,429 babies since 1892

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