Meaning 
The name Griselly 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, Griselly is currently not a popular baby name in the USA. There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Griselly for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Griselda, of which the name Griselly is a variant.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Griselly and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Griselly: 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 Griselly 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 Griselly 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 Griselly to be: A dull, studious girlIn one word, you might describe Griselly as a(n) " studious" person. See other "studious" names for girls.
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