Griselda

Where Griselda comes from

From the Old English elements *grīs (“gray”) + hild (“battle”), meaning “gray battle-maid”.
— Wiktionary's entry for Griselda
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1906
    First appearance
    #1,951 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1943
    Griselda Blanco born
    Colombian drug baron
  3. 1949
    Griselda Pollock born
    British art historian
  4. 1981
    Peak, #652
    271 babies named Griselda — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,499.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages used in Middle Ages, but rather rare today.
Namesakes
  • Griselda Blanco · Colombian drug baron, 1943–2012
  • Griselda Pollock · British art historian, born 1949
  • Griselda Siciliani · Argentine actress, born 1978
  • Griselda Gambaro · Argentine writer, 1928–2026
  • Griselda Álvarez · Álvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979 to 1985, 1913–2009

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.