What does Cressida mean?
How do we pronounce Cressida?
Cressida \cres-si-da, cr-ess-ida\ is a female's name. It consists of 8 letters and 3 syllables.
The baby girl name Cressida is pronounced in English as KREHSahDah 1.
1 Pronunciation for Cressida: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"
What is the origin of Cressida?
Cressida is largely used in English and its origin is Germanic. Cressida's meaning is daughter of Chryses; golden. The name is well known among English speakers from the Trojan princess Cressida in the legend of Troilus and Cressida, as told by Chaucer and Shakespeare among others. Chaucer used the name in the form Criseyde (Old English), from Boccaccio's Criseida (Old English), which was apparently from Chryseis (Old Greek) under the influence of Briseida. Briseida means 'daughter of Brisis', while Chryseis means 'daughter of Chryses' and is ultimately from the Greek element 'chrysos' (golden). Both names are mentioned in Homer's Iliad. The modern form Cressida was created when Shakespeare Latinized Chaucer's name. It was first adopted by English speakers in the 20th century, in spite of the negative history in literature; Shakespeare's Cressida is lascivious, Boccaccio's is faithless, and Chaucer's is naive and easily misled. Cress meaning, Cressyda definition, Criseyde meaning and origin (English), Crissyda meaning, and nicknames for Khryseis (Greek) are variant transcriptions of Cressida. The diminutive forms meaning of Cressa (English) and Cressy pronounciation (English) are other variants of the name.
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The baby name Cressida fun facts:
The name Cressida in reverse order is "Adisserc".
The numerological value of the name Cressida is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.
How popular is Cressida?
Cressida is not in the top girl names in USA.