Gricelda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- gree-SEL-dah
- Origin
- Germanic
Gricelda is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “grey battle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Gricelda mean?
Germanic: Spanish variant of Griselda
“grey battle”
Griselda is the patient wife in tales by Boccaccio and in Chaucer's Clerk's Tale.
Is Gricelda a girl's or a boy's name?
Gricelda is a girls' name.
How popular is Gricelda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 60 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Gricelda in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gricelda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,862 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 60 | #1,770 |
| 1982 | 54 | #1,950 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 |
| 1980 | 51 | #2,043 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1977 | 43 | #2,162 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,865 |
| 1975 | 54 | #1,729 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,913 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,916 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
Nicknames for Gricelda
- Gris
Names like Gricelda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amanda Samantha Melissa Alyssa Angela Serena Jessica Marisol Sierra Vanessa Griselda Bianca
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gricelda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gricelda, updated 20 October 2026.