Briseyda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- bree-SAY-dah
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Briseyda is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “daughter of Briseus”. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Briseyda mean?
Greek: Spanish variant of Briseida, from Briseis
“daughter of Briseus”
Briseis, Achilles' captive in the Iliad, sparks his quarrel with Agamemnon when she is taken from him.
Is Briseyda a girl's or a boy's name?
Briseyda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Briseyda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Briseyda, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 167 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Briseyda in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were given Briseyda or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,627, up from #4,066 for this spelling alone.
- Briseida 71
- Briseyda 35
Briseyda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 43 | #3,593 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 59 | #2,866 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 48 | #3,324 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 78 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 97 | #2,092 |
| 2007 | 98 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 143 | #1,530 |
| 2005 | 167 | #1,319 |
| 2004 | 163 | #1,307 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,893 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Briseyda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Brianna, Teagan, Kiara, Brynlee, Brynn, Cassidy, Briella, Brooklyn, Kennedy, Fiona, Sienna
Other spellings of Briseyda
Names related to Briseyda
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Briseyda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/briseyda, updated 20 October 2026.