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Grissel

“gray battle-maid”

Language contexts for this entry: English, Spanish

feminineLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Not established
2 language contexts: English Spanish
Follow the evidence: 9 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Grissel

Grissel is a feminine given name documented in English and Spanish. It is a form of Griselda, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “gray battle-maid”.

Meaning in the sources

Reported meaning

Meaning: “gray battle-maid”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (7)

Wikidata Q84306958CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: GriseldaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Dictionary descriptions

These definitions describe particular language uses. They are separate from literal name meanings.

English use

Source-reported

A female given name from the Germanic languages; a medieval variant of Griselda, rare today.

Source for this definition

Grissel — English definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Grissel is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Grissel’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2024: 6 girls (rank 13477). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 13 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Grissel

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2024: 6; applications; Rank #13,477
Peak year: 1984; 18 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Grissel in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	6	7,070	observed
1971	8	6,006	observed
1972	6	7,292	observed
1973	8	6,080	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	5	9,067	observed
1976	5	9,284	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	8	7,418	observed
1981	5	10,411	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	9	6,705	observed
1984	18	4,166	observed
1985	9	6,955	observed
1986	6	9,545	observed
1987	11	6,335	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	11	7,303	observed
1991	7	10,271	observed
1992	6	11,738	observed
1993	11	7,498	observed
1994	6	11,778	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	5	13,518	observed
1997	8	9,802	observed
1998	10	8,584	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	6	13,154	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	7	12,187	observed
2003	6	13,844	observed
2004	6	14,179	observed
2005	8	11,834	observed
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	8	12,676	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	5	16,992	observed
2011	5	16,764	observed
2012	6	14,962	observed
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	6	14,331	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	6	13,477	observed
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Grissel” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Grissel— “stone heroine”
Grissel, _f._ _Eng._ Gr. Teu. stone heroine, 349
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Grissel with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q84306958CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Grissel — English definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: GriseldaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Grissel

Grissel is a feminine given name documented in English and Spanish. It is a form of Griselda, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “gray battle-maid”.

Meaning in the sources

Reported meaning

Meaning: “gray battle-maid”

No etymology text in the cited sources.

Sources for this account (7)

Wikidata Q84306958CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: GriseldaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Dictionary descriptions

These definitions describe particular language uses. They are separate from literal name meanings.

English use

Source-reported

A female given name from the Germanic languages; a medieval variant of Griselda, rare today.

Source for this definition

Grissel — English definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Grissel is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Grissel’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2024: 6 girls (rank 13477). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 13 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Grissel

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2024: 6; applications; Rank #13,477
Peak year: 1984; 18 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Grissel in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	6	7,070	observed
1971	8	6,006	observed
1972	6	7,292	observed
1973	8	6,080	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	5	9,067	observed
1976	5	9,284	observed
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	8	7,418	observed
1981	5	10,411	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	9	6,705	observed
1984	18	4,166	observed
1985	9	6,955	observed
1986	6	9,545	observed
1987	11	6,335	observed
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	11	7,303	observed
1991	7	10,271	observed
1992	6	11,738	observed
1993	11	7,498	observed
1994	6	11,778	observed
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	5	13,518	observed
1997	8	9,802	observed
1998	10	8,584	observed
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	6	13,154	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	7	12,187	observed
2003	6	13,844	observed
2004	6	14,179	observed
2005	8	11,834	observed
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	8	12,676	observed
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	5	16,992	observed
2011	5	16,764	observed
2012	6	14,962	observed
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	6	14,331	observed
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	6	13,477	observed
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Grissel— “stone heroine”
Grissel, _f._ _Eng._ Gr. Teu. stone heroine, 349
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q84306958CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Grissel — English definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: GrisselCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: GriseldaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Grissel

Meaning in the sources

Dictionary descriptions

English use

Where Grissel is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Griselda

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Grissel

Meaning in the sources

Dictionary descriptions

English use

Where Grissel is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Griselda

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page