Girl
Zelda
The name Zelda carries the meaning "Germanic gris (grey) + hild (battle)", with roots in Germanic. It peaked in the 1920s and has aged gracefully since then. In the current registry, it is uncommon enough to feel personal. Its single strongest year on record was 2017.
EtymologyShort for Griselda
GermanicGermanic "gris" (grey) + "hild" (battle)
Births by decade
1900s
595
1910s
1,854
1920s
2,376
1930s
1,655
1940s
1,074
1950s
1,160
1960s
1,265
1970s
306
1980s
154
1990s
144
2000s
391
2010s
2,004
Peaked in the 1920s · 12,978 total U.S. births since 1900