Griselda

A female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “gray battle.”.

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Griselda is a feminine given name from Germanic sources that is now used in English, Italian, and Spanish as well. 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 older German "gris hild", meaning "dark battle". However, some believe that the name came from the older German word "gries", meaning "gravel" or "stone".
The name can also be spelled "Griselde", "Grisselda", "Grieselda", "Grizelda" and "Gricelda". Other forms include "Grissy", "Gris", "Grisel", "Grizel", "Grissel", "Grizzel", "Grisell", "Grizell", "Grissell", "Grizzell", "Grisleys" and "Criselda".
A person with this name can also be referred to as "Zelda" or "Selda".
People named Griselda include:
Griselda Álvarez (1913–2009), first female governor in Mexico
Griselda Blanco (1943-2012), a former drug lord for the Medellín Cartel
Griselda Gambaro (born 1928), Argentine writer
Griselda González (born 1965), Argentine former long-distance runner
Griselda Pollock (born 1949), art historian, cultural analyst and scholar
Griselda Tessio (born 1947), vice-governor of the Argentine province of Santa Fe

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Fem. proper name, from Italian, from German Grishilda, from Old High German grisja hilda, literally "gray battle-maid" (see gray (adj.) + Hilda). The English form, Grisilde, provided Chaucer's Grizel, the name of the meek, patient wife in the Clerk's Tale, the story and the name both from Boccaccio.

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Grey battle. Combine of gris (grey) and hild (battle).

Griseldis, Zelda, Grizel

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Griselda Blanco	1945	Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel
2	Griselda Yeung	1977	Chinese actress
3	Griselda
4	Griselda Pollock	1949	British art historian
5	Griselda Siciliani	1978	Argentine actress
6	Griselda Gambaro	1928	Argentine writer
7	Griselda Álvarez	1913	Politician
8	Griselda González	1965	Spanish long-distance runner of Argentine descent
9	Griselda Janeth Restrepo	1964	Colombian politician and lawyer
10	Gryzelda Bathory	1569	Relative of the King of Poland
11	Griselda Tessio	1946	Argentine politician
12	Griselda Hinojosa	1875
13	Griselda Sanchez	1985
14	Griselda Khng
15	Griselda Pascual	1926
16	Griselda Cos	1937