Details for the forename Grizel

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Grizel (female)


Variants:	Girsel (F) Girzel (F) Goirzel (F) Griselda (F) Grisell (F)
Diminutive(s):	Gris (F)
Derivative(s):	Grace (F)
Derivative of:	Griselda (F) Grizelda (F)
Can be spelt:	Grisel (F) Grizzel (F)

Source(s):	English Parish Register freereg.rootsweb.com FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Private correspondent [TL³]
Notes:	Scottish and English variant of Griselda, from Old German, possibly meaning "grey battle-maiden". Several spelling variants occur occasionally in the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire, e.g. Gresel, Gressel, Grizal and Grissel. These should be retrieved by Soundex search on Grisel/Grizel and Girsel/Girzel. Old documents written in Latin used the original form, Griselda, with appropriate case endings. The derivation of Grace, via the diminutive Gris, is particularly Scottish.