Griselda
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Spanish: Germanic Grishild; probably grisja ‘gray’ + hild ‘battle’
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡɾiseld̪a/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Griselda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country.
- ARArgentina≈1 in 968(inferred from the name graph)
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 1K
- PYParaguay≈1 in 1.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 331 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 968 (inferred from the name graph)
≈47,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Argentina, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Germanic Grishild; probably grisja ‘gray’ + hild ‘battle’
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Griselda is read(measured from records)
Griselda is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish86%
Germanic Grishild; probably grisja ‘gray’ + hild ‘battle’
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- English6.5%
The long-suffering wife of a nobleman in a medieval tale.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Griselda counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #236 | ≈47,000 est. | ≈1 in 968 | 20 | Griselda | 105 |
| US United States | — | 22,014 | 1 in 15K | 22K | Griselda | 331 |
| SV El Salvador | #187 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Griselda | 30 |
| PY Paraguay | #152 | ≈5,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | — | Griselda | 26 |
| PE Peru | #848 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | — | Griselda | 45 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #115 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Griselda | 26 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 1,541 | 1 in 2.2K | 1.5K | — | 36 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Griselda is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, From Germanic grīs/krīz + hild, interpreted as “grey battle” or “combat”.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Of uncertain origin, possibly from a Germanic name derived from 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.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Swedish, Se Zelda.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Du germanique *gris* « gris » + *hild* « combat ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Gryzelda Bathoryb. 1569PLnot in their usual nameRelative of the King of Poland
- Griselda Álvarezb. 1913MXÁlvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979 to 1985
- Griselda Gambarob. 1928ARArgentine writer (born 1928)
- Griselda Navasardyanb. 1942AMArmenian physician
- Griselda Blancob. 1943COColombian drug baron (1943–2013)
- Griselda Pollockb. 1949GBBritish art historian
- Malena Alteriob. 1974ARnot in their usual nameItalian-Argentine-Spanish actress
- Griselda Yeungb. 1977CNHong Kong actress
- Griselda Sicilianib. 1978ARArgentine actress
- Griselda Jordanacinematographer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 57 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 22K | #1,509 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 1.5K | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 1.5K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 47 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 38 | #1,509 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 20 | #1,576 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 8 | — |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 7 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1991 | 5 | — |
| UY Uruguay | Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012) | 2011 | 1 | — |
| UY Uruguay | Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012) | 1965 | 1 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Griselda mean, and where does it come from?
- Germanic Grishild; probably grisja ‘gray’ + hild ‘battle’ Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- Is Griselda a male or female name?
- Griselda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Griselda?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡɾiseld̪a/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What are other forms of the name Griselda?
- In the etymology graph, Zelda, Grissel and Grizelda are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Griselda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 47 thousand people named Griselda in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled griselda.
- How common is the name Griselda?
- In the United States, the national register counted 22,014 people named Griselda in 2020, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
- How common is Griselda compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Griselda is the 236th most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/griseldaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Griselda” — the 236th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.