Entry № 1648 · Greek origin

Briseis Briseis — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bri-SAY-iss /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Iliad heroine, daughter of Briseus"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "iliad heroine, daughter of briseus".

Briseis (Βρισηίς) is the Trojan War captive whose seizure by Agamemnon sparked Achilles's wrath — the central conflict of Homer's Iliad.

Briseis is rare but rising as Greek myth-revival names gain visibility.

The captive whose seizure sparked Achilles's wrath.

The name in its native script.

Βρισηίς
Transliteration
Brisēís
Pronunciation
/ brɪˈseɪ.ɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Briseis stands.

Briseis does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Briseiss before her.

Real people
Briseis
Rare modern name.
In fiction
Briseis
Iliad heroine.
Homer, c. 8th c. BCE
Briseis
Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls.
2018 novel

Names connected to Briseis.

The number behind Briseis.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Briseis reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.