as a First Name
Modern name of uncertain origin, possibly a short form of Griselda. It came to prominence in the 1920s as the name of the wife of the American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940).
| 2,350th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,136
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Zelda per capita
- 1916
- marked the height of its popularity
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