Briseida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bree-SAY-dah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,485 for girls
Briseida is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “daughter of Briseus”. In 2025 it ranked 2,485th for girls in the US (71 babies).
What does Briseida mean?
Greek: medieval and Spanish form of Briseis
“daughter of Briseus”
Briseis was Achilles' captive in Homer's Iliad; in medieval retellings Briseida evolved into Chaucer's Criseyde and Shakespeare's Cressida.
Is Briseida a girl's or a boy's name?
Briseida is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 71 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Briseida in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,485th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 71 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 71 girls in the US were named Briseida, making it the 2,485th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 199 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Briseida than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Briseida in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were given Briseida or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,627, up from #2,485 for this spelling alone.
- Briseida 71
- Briseyda 35
Briseida in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | #2,485 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 75 | #2,431 |
| 2014 | 64 | #2,712 |
| 2013 | 84 | #2,211 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,510 |
| 2010 | 99 | #2,010 |
| 2009 | 101 | #2,029 |
| 2008 | 134 | #1,664 |
| 2007 | 154 | #1,503 |
| 2006 | 168 | #1,366 |
| 2005 | 199 | #1,162 |
| 2004 | 116 | #1,666 |
| 2003 | 71 | #2,343 |
| 2002 | 65 | #2,444 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,483 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,422 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 58 | #2,277 |
| 1994 | 64 | #2,119 |
| 1993 | 54 | #2,346 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 67 | #2,028 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
Names like Briseida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna, Briana, Ariana, Mckenna, Ximena, Kiara, Sienna, Alora, Solana, Sophia, Briella, Selena
Other spellings of Briseida
Names related to Briseida
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Briseida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/briseida, updated 20 October 2026.