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Griselda
Gender
| Female
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Word/name
| Germanic
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Meaning
| "grey battle-maid"
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Nickname(s)
| Zelda
, Grissy, Selda, Grisel, Grizel
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Related names
| Zelda
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Griselda
, also spelled
Grizelda
, 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 1,066th in popularity among females in the United States.
The name likely specifically stems from the
Proto-Germanic language
elements
*gr?saz
, "grey", and
*hildiz
, meaning "battle" (compare modern
German
grau
and
Held
), thus literally "gray battle-maid".
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As a figure in European folklore,
Griselda
is noted for her patience and obedience and has been depicted in works of art, literature and opera.
The name can also be spelled "Griselde", "Grisselda", "Grieselda", "Grizelda", "Gricelda", and "Criselda".
Common nicknames include "Zelda", "Selda", "Grissy", "Gris", "Grisel", "Grizel" or "Crisel"
People named Griselda or Grizelda include:
- Griselda (folklore)
- Griselda Alvarez
(1913?2009), first female governor in Mexico
- Griselda Bathory
(1569?1590), Hungarian and Polish noblewoman
- Griselda Blanco
(1943?2012), a former Medellin Cartel drug lord
- Grizelda Cjiekella
(died 2015), South African politician
- Griselda El Tayib
(1925?2022), British-born visual artist and cultural anthropologist
- Griselda Gambaro
(born 1928), Argentine writer
- Griselda Gonzalez
(born 1965), Argentine former long-distance runner
- Griselda Hinojosa
(1875?1959), first female pharmacist in Chile
- Grizelda Kristi?a
(1910?2013), last native speaker of the
Livonian language
- Griselda Pascual
(1926?2001), Spanish Catalan mathematician
- Griselda Pollock
(born 1949), British art historian, cultural analyst and scholar
- Griselda Steevens
(1653?1746), Irish philanthropist and benefactor of Dr Steevens' Hospital in Dublin
- Griselda Tessio
(born 1947), vice-governor of the Argentine province of Santa Fe
- Grizelda Elizabeth Cottnam Tonge
(1803?1825), Nova Scotian poet
Fictional characters include:
- Griselda Marchbanks
, in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter books
- Griselda Salazar
, in the
Fear the Walking Dead
television series
- Grizelda (or Grizel) Oldbuck, the eponymous character's sister in Walter Scott's "The Antiquary."
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