Griselda

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Griselda is a feminine name used in the English, Italian, Spanish, and German languages. According to the 1990 United States Census, the name is 1066th in popularity among females in the United States.

Most experts agree that the name came from the Ancient Germanic phrase "gris hild", meaning "dark battle". However, a few believe that the name came from the Ancient Germanic word "gries", meaning "gravel" or "stone".

The name can also be spelled "Gricelda". Other forms of the name include "Grisel", "Grisleys", and "Criselda".

A person with this name is often referred to as "Zelda".

Griselda is also a figure from folklore (the patient Griselda) (anglicised to Grizzel and similar forms). She occurs in tales by Boccaccio, Petrarch and Chaucer. "Griselda" is a tale by Charles Perrault. The play Patient Grissel dates from 1599. There are operas named Griselda by Alessandro Scarlatti (1721), Giovanni Bononcini (1722), and Antonio Vivaldi (1735). The Modern Griselda is a novel by Maria Edgeworth from 1804.

Griselda is also a song that first appeared on the 1975 album Have Moicy! by Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Frederick, and The Clamtones, and the song was written by Antonia, a non-performing songwriter with the Unholy Modal Rounders. Yo La Tengo covered the song on their 1990 album Fakebook