Given name
Zerelda
“an armored battlemaiden”
Zerelda is used as a given name. One interpretation is “an armored battlemaiden.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “an armored battlemaiden.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zerelda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 0 boys · 49 girls
- Most popular year
- 1939
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1939.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zerelda’s family of names
Zerelda has a related form in Zereld. Zerelda has a related form in Zerelde.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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