Griselda

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Griselda Given Name
Gender	feminine
Meaning	"dark battle" or "stone" or "Grey maiden warrior"
Origin	Germanic
Related names	Zelda
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Griselda

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This article is about the given name. For the folklore character, see Griselda (folklore).

Griselda is a feminine name used in the English, Italian, Spanish, and Germanic 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 "Griselde", "Grisselda", "Grieselda" and "Gricelda". Other forms include "Grisel", "Grizel", "Grissel", "Grizzel", "Grisell", "Grizell", "Grissell", "Grizzell", "Grisleys" and "Criselda".

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

Griselda is also the name of two famous operas by Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonio Vivaldi and the inspriation for the aria, Per la gloria d'adorarvi.