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 [ syll. gri-sel-da, gr-ise-lda ] The girl name Griselda is pronounced as GRAYZEHLDah KEY. Griselda is an English, German, and Italian name of Germanic origin. The name is of the meaning gray warrior. Two-element name derived from the elements 'gris' meaning gray ; 'hild' meaning battle, fight. The name was popular in the Middle Ages. It was known from 'Patient Griselda', the patient and obedient wife in the tales told by Petrarch, Boccaccio and Chaucer. Criselda (English), Grisel (English), Griseldis (German and Italian), Griselys (English), and Grizel (Scottish) are variant forms of Griselda. Other forms of Griselda include the short forms Selda (English), Zelda (English and Hebrew), and Zelde (Hebrew), and the variant spelling Gricelda (English). Griselda is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1993 with 0.015% of baby girls being given the name Griselda. Its ranking then was #700. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is today of very light use. Among all girl names in its group, Griselda was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2008. A baby name that sounds like Griselda is the name Gricelda (English). KEY: approx pronunciation for Griselda: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
