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Origin and Meaning
Ancient Germanic
*grîsja- = 'grey' [1]
grisja = 'sand' [2]
greis = 'grey' [2]
Old High German
grīs = 'grey', 'aged' [3]
Old Saxon
grīs = 'grey', 'aged' [3]
grîs = 'grey' [1]
Old Frisian
grīs = 'grey', 'aged' [3]
Franconian
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| HILD | see Griselda |
First Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)