Briseyda
Feminine
Briseyda is the Spanish form of Briseis, the woman whose seizure sets the entire Iliad in motion — the quarrel over her is the poem's first line.
How old is the name Briseyda?
Briseyda first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Briseyda alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,800 people named Briseyda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Briseyda most popular?
Briseyda peaked in 2004, reaching #1308 nationally. Today it ranks #4067, 2,759 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Briseis to Briseyda
The story of Briseyda
The Iliad opens with Agamemnon taking Briseis from Achilles, and Achilles' withdrawal from the fighting is the consequence that shapes the poem. She speaks only once and briefly. Medieval romance reworked her into Criseyda and Cressida, and Spanish took Briseida and Briseyda. It is used in Mexico and Central America and reaches American records from there.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Briseis is a patronymic form meaning daughter of Brises, and Brises has no established meaning. The name is Greek and very old; its origin may be pre-Greek, like a number of names in the epic tradition.
How the name formed
- Briseis
- Briseida
- Briseyda
Related forms: Briseis · Briseida · Cressida
Pronouncing Briseyda
bree-SAY-dah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Every letter is sounded in Spanish.
Nicknames for Briseyda
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most girls named
- 2005167 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1308reached in 2004
- Change vs 2024
- +12.9%35 in 2025, from 31
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Briseyda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Briseis in Greek — same name
- Briseida in Spanish — spelling variant
- Cressida in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Briseydas among us
people named Briseyda are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 45,922 born in 2025 was named Briseyda
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Briseyda
- #4067
- Briseyda on the 2025 chart
- #854
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Briseyda went to 35 girls in 2025, but Briseida is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 106, which makes it the 854th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,213 places above the chart.
- Briseida71
- Briseyda35
About 1 girl in 15,163 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 45,922 for Briseyda itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Wylene test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Briseyda's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Wylene climbed just as high around 1935, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Wylene's path sketches the road Briseyda is walking now.
Briseyda sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Briseyda is headed
Briseyda should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Briseyda beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Briseyda in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A figure from the oldest surviving work of European literature stands behind it.
- Bri is a plain short form shared with familiar names.
- Every letter is said, so Spanish speakers read it correctly at once.
- The Greek original's own meaning is genuinely unknown.
- The story behind her is one of captivity, which some will find hard.
- Briseyda, Briseida and Brisaida are all in use and none is dominant.
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Frequently asked
- How many Briseydas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,800 people named Briseyda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Briseyda?
- Briseyda is one of 2 recorded spellings. Briseida is the more common one — 71 births in 2025 against 35 for Briseyda.
- How popular is the name Briseyda in 2025?
- Briseyda ranks #4067 among US girl names in 2025, with 35 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Briseyda?
- About 1 in every 45,922 US girls born in 2025 was named Briseyda — 35 in all.
- Will my child share the name Briseyda with classmates?
- Briseyda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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