Comments for CRESSIDA:

From the ancient Greek name "Chrysiida" (pronounced "Chrissyeetha" in Greek). The name is mentioned in Homer's Iliad, a couple of thousand years before the medieval legends. She was the daughter of the priest Chrysos ( means gold in Greek). Achilles held her captive.

-- Damis  3/20/2005

Achilles didn't hold her captive, he held Briseis captive. Chryseis was Agamemnon's girl.

-- Athena Nike  9/22/2009

Cressida was the main character in the Shakespearean play 'Troilus and Cressida'. [noted -ed]

-- shadow.of.a.dream  11/25/2005

This is one of the strangest names I've ever come across.

-- Dogsy  12/18/2005

This is one of my all-time favorite names. I hope to name a daughter it one day.

-- writing the world  1/29/2007

Shakespeare's Cressida was based upon Chaucer's Criseyde from his poem "Troilus and Criseyde." Chaucer in turn based his Criseyde upon a character named Criseida in Boccaccio's "Filostrato."

-- mlle-fantine  4/6/2007

I LOVE this name---it's beautiful, and it's unique without being a creation or a 'creative' spelling. Instead of the similar-sounding Jessica, I think parents should opt for this name instead. A nickname for this is Cressy.

-- Anonymous User  4/9/2007

Nickname: Cressa.

-- Anonymous User  6/8/2007

Although this is visually and euphonically pretty, I have two problems with it:

1. Does it make anyone besides me think of watercress?

2. Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida is one of his few bad plays, and Cressida is perhaps his least appealing heroine.

-- elizabeth hamlet  1/28/2008

When doing Chaucer's poem in a literature class, my professor - who is somewhat of an authority on medieval dialects, and has recorded several readings of such poems - referred to Chaucer's version of the character (Criseyde) as something like kreh-SAY-deh, while Shakespeare's was KREH-sih-dah.

-- ponine  8/23/2008

My name is Cressida and I have spent 26 years very happy years with the name. If any prospective parents are considering this for a future child, I would encourage them to do so, I certainly have no complaints with the choice made by my parents.

-- cressidajoy  10/26/2008

I think this is a really lovely name. There's a girl in my school named Cressida, who is quite clever, and I think this name sounds quite intellectual.

-- walesgal92  10/24/2009

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