The baby name Grisell is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ɡrɪˈzɛl/ (gri-ZEL); Spanish: /ɡriˈsel/ (gree-SEL).
Grisell is Germanic in Origin.
The baby name Grisell is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ɡrɪˈzɛl/ (gri-ZEL); Spanish: /ɡriˈsel/ (gree-SEL).
Grisell is Germanic in Origin.
Grisell is a medieval Scots and English form of Grisel/Griselle, ultimately a diminutive of Griselda. The name derives from Old High German elements gris, meaning gray, and hiltja, meaning battle, giving the sense gray battle-maiden or warrior in gray. It likely entered Britain via Norman French (Griselde/Griselle) and settled into regional spellings such as Grisell and Grizell.
Its use was reinforced by the famed tale of Patient Griselda, retold by Boccaccio, Petrarch, and Chaucer (the Clerk’s Tale), which popularized the name across late medieval and early modern Europe. In Scotland it flourished from the 16th to 18th centuries; notable bearers include Lady Grisell Baillie (1665–1746), diarist and songwriter, and the folk heroine Grizel Cochrane. Variants and related forms include Grizel/Grizell, Grisel, Griselle, Griselda/Grizelda, Spanish Grisel and Gricelda, and Italian Griselda; Zelda is sometimes treated as a contracted form. Today Grisell is rare yet historically distinctive.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | 0 | #55 | 1 | 1,497 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #160 | 8 | 3,171 |
| AR | 0 | #193 | 1 | 2,915 | |
| PE | 0 | #326 | 4 | 6,350 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #362 | 1 | 8,539 |
| MX | 0 | #397 | 17 | 8,339 | |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #461 | 21 | 9,861 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #501 | 10 | 6,731 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #523 | 10 | 11,342 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #534 | 8 | 7,500 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #598 | 14 | 9,488 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #628 | 3 | 8,289 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #828 | 24 | 14,098 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #874 | 70 | 14,861 |
| United States | Girls | 2017 | #914 | 5 | 9,202 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #955 | 230 | 17,781 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #971 | 13 | 5,561 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,059 | 20 | 16,140 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
Grisell is popular in 17 countries — most recent births per country:
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