Meaning 
The name Grisell has the following meaning: Gray, or "Fighting maid". The name appeared in the famous tale told by Boccaccio and Chaucer, "Patient Griselda", a story of Griselda, a submissive wife who humbly accepts the unreasonable demands imposed upon her by her cruel husband. The short form of this name, "Zelda" has always been very much preferred over the full name.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Grisell is currently not a popular baby name in the USA. There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Grisell for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Griselda, of which the name Grisell is a variant.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Grisell and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Grisell: Boys - Anton, Dutch, Leonard, Leopold, Maynard, Roderick, Sigmund, Theodoric, Tillman, Volney, Wendell, Wilbert, Girls - Bernardine, Eloise, Lesia, Both genders - Emerson, Raymond, Walter
Variants 
The name Grisell is a variant of Griselda. Other popular variants of the name Griselda are: Chriselda, Gricelda, Gricely, Grisel, Grisell, Griselly, Grishelda, Grishilde, Gryselda, Gryzelde, Zelda
Style 
We think the name Grisell should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Grisell to be: A dull, studious girlIn one word, you might describe Grisell as a(n) " studious" person. See other "studious" names for girls.
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