Cressida

Cressida is a feminine name of Greek origin meaning “golden”. Cressida is the medieval and Shakespearean form of Chryseis, the Trojan girl of the Iliad whose name derives from the Greek chrysos, gold.

Cressida is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. It is an upper-class rarity in Britain; almost unknown in the US.

The name Cressida comes from Greek. Cressida is the medieval and Shakespearean form of Chryseis, the Trojan girl of the Iliad whose name derives from the Greek chrysos, gold. Despite her faithless reputation in the old romances, the name reads today as literary and quietly aristocratic.

Cressida is pronounced KRES-ih-dah.