Comments for the name 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.

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

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

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

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

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."

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.

Nickname: Cressa.

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.

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.

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.

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.

British author Cressida Cowell wrote the How to Train Your Dragon series among other books.

Cressida is a minor character in Mockingjay, the final book in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy. She is a rebel and film director who collects footage to be used in war propaganda, and is described as having a shaved head covered in green tattoos.