| Griselda | Hildegard | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Grey battle-maid | Battle guard |
| Origin | germanic | germanic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | grih-ZEL-duh | HIL-duh-gard |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 1993 (307) | 1915 (81) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Vintage | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Griselda | Hildegard |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 266 | 94 |
| 2010s | 489 | 52 |
| 2000s | 1,227 | 0 |
| 1990s | 2,299 | 0 |
| 1980s | 2,231 | 0 |
| 1970s | 1,703 | 6 |
| 1960s | 550 | 42 |
| 1950s | 208 | 93 |
| 1940s | 77 | 108 |
| 1930s | 41 | 276 |
| 1920s | 23 | 436 |
| 1910s | 5 | 483 |
| 1900s | 5 | 219 |
| 1890s | 0 | 130 |
| 1880s | 0 | 6 |
From the Germanic elements 'gris' (grey) and 'hild' (battle). Widely known from the patient-wife tale retold by Boccaccio and Chaucer.
From Germanic 'hild' (battle) and 'gard' (enclosure, protection), roughly 'protector in battle'. Borne by the 12th-century abbess and polymath Hildegard of Bingen.
Griselda and Hildegard are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Griselda means Grey battle-maid (germanic origin), while Hildegard means Battle guard (germanic origin).
In US records, Griselda first appears in 0 and Hildegard in 0, so Griselda has the longer recorded history.