# Griselda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/griselda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “gray”, “battle”, “gray battle-maid” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Grissel, Grizel, Grizzel |
| US babies named this | 9,185 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 61 / 9,124 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 9, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Griselda is grouped under warrior.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 3,371 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,390 |
| 2013 | 51 | 3,192 |
| 2014 | 55 | 3,055 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,552 |
| 2016 | 54 | 3,074 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,505 |
| 2018 | 42 | 3,637 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,517 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,419 |
| 2021 | 36 | 4,050 |
| 2022 | 44 | 3,556 |
| 2023 | 51 | 3,201 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3,602 |
| 2025 | 47 | 3,309 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | 5,379 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,780 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,755 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,642 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,335 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,454 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,113 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,367 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,359 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,672 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Griselda

- Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug baron (1943–2013)
- Griselda Pollock, British art historian
- Griselda Siciliani, Argentine actress
- Griselda Gambaro, Argentine writer ( 1928-2026)
- Griselda Álvarez, Álvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979 to 1985

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.