Meaning and history
Possibly derived from the Old German elements gris meaning “grey” and hilt meaning “battle,” this name is not attested as a Germanic name. It belonged to a patient wife in medieval folklore and was later adapted by Boccaccio in The Decameron and by Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales.
20062006: 110 births, rank #1,846
2007: 101 births, rank #2,015
2008: 90 births, rank #2,206
2009: 96 births, rank #2,102
2010: 59 births, rank #2,906
20112011: 48 births, rank #3,350
2012: 48 births, rank #3,364
2013: 51 births, rank #3,166
2014: 55 births, rank #3,041
2015: 44 births, rank #3,533
20162016: 54 births, rank #3,060
2017: 44 births, rank #3,479
2018: 42 births, rank #3,614
2019: 44 births, rank #3,499
2020: 45 births, rank #3,399
20212021: 36 births, rank #4,014
2022: 44 births, rank #3,536
2023: 51 births, rank #3,181
2024: 43 births, rank #3,575
20252025: 47 births, rank #3,296
Griselda moved from #822 to #999 for girls between 1995 and 1996. Its highest annual birth count came in 1993, with 307 births.