Grizzel as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Grizzel

What is the meaning of the name Grizzel ?

The baby name Grizzel is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɡrɪzəl/ (GRIZ-əl).

Grizzel is Germanic in Origin.

Grizzel is a Scots form of Griselda, from Old High German gris "grey, grizzled" and hild "battle," giving the sense "grey battle-maiden" or "grizzled warrior." The name came into English through medieval romance; the tale of the patient wife Griselda, told by Boccaccio, Petrarch, and Chaucer, fixed it in the literary canon. In Scotland the clipped spellings Grizel and Grizzel appear widely in 16th to 18th century records; Lady Grizel Baillie (1665-1746), the songwriter and memoirist, is a noted bearer.

Now very rare, Grizzel carries antique, rugged charm. Variants and related forms include Grizel, Grissel, Grizell, Grizzell; Griselda, Grizelda; Spanish Grisel and Grisela. Traditional short forms are Zel and Zelda, the latter long used in English as a pet name derived from Griselda.

⚙ Grizzel is a rare name. There are only 9 recorded uses of it in our data, from 4 countries.