Briseis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bry-SEE-is
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Briseis is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “daughter of Briseus”. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Briseis mean?
Greek
“daughter of Briseus”
In Homer's Iliad, Achilles withdraws from battle when Agamemnon takes his captive Briseis from him.
Is Briseis a girl's or a boy's name?
Briseis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Briseis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Briseis, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,179th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 100 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Briseis than any year since 2004.
Half of all the girls named Briseis in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Briseis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 49 | #3,179 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 76 | #2,387 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,903 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,761 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 77 | #2,371 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,187 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,474 |
| 2011 | 75 | #2,433 |
| 2010 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 87 | #2,244 |
| 2008 | 85 | #2,295 |
| 2007 | 95 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,988 |
| 2005 | 85 | #2,159 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Briseis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia Genesis Jenesis Briella Alessia Aria Ximena Lorelai Alora Marigold Solana Emerson
Names related to Briseis
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, “Briseis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/briseis, updated 20 October 2026.