Name: Griselda
Gender: Female
Usage: Griselda is a popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Griselda are in general originating from Albania, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Griselda across the world, see Zelda.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Griselda is: Grey battle, Gray.
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Numerology of the first name Griselda: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Griselda is ranked on the 4,089th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 79800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Griselda has eight characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Griselda for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Griselda is a feminine given name used in the English, Italian, Spanish, and Germanic languages. According to the 1990 United States Census, the name was 1066th in popularity among females in the United States.
It has been suggested that the name may originate from Germanic "gris hild", meaning "dark battle". However, some believe that the name came from the ancient Germanic word "gries", meaning "gravel" or "stone".
The name can also be spelled "Griselde", "Grisselda", "Grieselda", "Grizelda" and "Gricelda". Other forms include "Grisel", "Grizel", "Grissel", "Grizzel", "Grisell", "Grizell", "Grissell", "Grizzell", "Grisleys" and "Criselda".
A person with this name is often referred to as "Zelda" or "Selda".
Scottish and English: of uncertain origin, possibly from a Germanic name composed of the elements gris grey + hild battle. It became popular in the Middle Ages with reference to the tale of ‘patient Griselda’ (told by Boccaccio and Chaucer), who was taken as a model of the patient, long-suffering wife.
Variant: Scottish: Grizel.
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