🔥Cressida

KRESS-i-da

Greek

"gold"

Cressida Origin and Meaning

The name Cressida is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "gold".

Cressida is a pretty mythological and Shakespearean heroine name much better known in Britain than it is here — an imbalance the adventurous baby namer might want to correct.

Although the Trojan heroine named Cressida in the tale told by Boccaccio, then Chaucer, then Shakespeare, didn't have the greatest reputation — she was faithless to Troilus and broke his heart — the name today sounds fresh, crisp and creative.

In Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Cressida is a film director character; Cressida Cowell is the author of the popular novel series How to Train Your Dragon.

Cressida Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 446 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Cressida

• 446 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Cressida

• Cressida Curzon "Cressy" Bonas English actress; ex,girlfriend of Prince Harry
• Cressida Rose Dick British Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
• Cressida Cowell English novelist
• Cressida Bell English artist and designer
• Cressida Heyes Canadian philosopher

The name Cressida in Pop Culture

• Cressida mythological figure during the Trojan war; daughter of the Greek seer Calchas, who falls in love with Prince Troilus of Troy
• Cressida character in The Hunger Games series
• Cressida Baylor ex,girlfriend of the title character in 'Hitch'
• Cressida "Cressie" MacPhail character in 'The Wedding Group' (1968) by Elizabeth Taylor
• "Troilus and Cressida " Shakespeare play based on the myth