Cressida

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  • moon of planet, Uranus star system, Solar System

Origin

  • First used by Shakespeare in Troilus and Cressida (1602), from Italian Criseida (which Boccaccio mistakenly substituted for Briseida), from Ancient Greek Χρυσηΐς, from Ancient Greek χρυσός ("gold").

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