Griselda

  • Girl
  • 8 letters
German From the Old German, meaning 'grey battle' or 'Christian battle'.
Latin Gray; gray-haired. Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio's used the name for an exceptionally patient wife – thus the expression 'patience of Griselda.
Teutonic Gray haired heroine.

Griselda is a girl’s name of German, Latin and Teutonic origin. Meaning in German: From the Old German, meaning ‘grey battle’ or ‘Christian battle’. Meaning in Latin: Gray; gray-haired. Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio’s used the name for an exceptionally patient wife – thus the expression ‘patience of Griselda. Meaning in Teutonic: Gray haired heroine. The name has 8 letters.

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