How do YOU pronounce Cressida?

Girl Names
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[name_m]How[/name_m] do YOU pronounce [name_f]Cressida[/name_f]?

2

I pronounce it [name_u]Chris[/name_u]-zee-da. I know thats probably not right but thats how I read it.

3

Cress-IH-dah (middle syllable is a short i sound)

4

CRESS-ih-duh (emphasis on the first syllable)

5

It’s pronounced CRESS-id-ah, occasionally creh-[name_m]SID[/name_m]-ah. They’re very similar sounding though.

I really hope it becomes more popular with [name_f]Cressida[/name_f] Bonas in the public eye, at least in the UK. I think it’s really beautiful, with a similar down to earth feeling as [name_f]Allegra[/name_f] and [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] which are already used frequently in [name_m]Britain[/name_m]. Plus, it’s Shakespearean.

6

I say it this way as well.

7

Cress-[name_m]Sid[/name_m]-A. It’s my daughter’s name and that’s how we’ve always said it…

8

I used to say Creh-SEE-dah, but find myself saying CRESS-eh-dah these days.

9

Yerp, this way.

10

cress-IH-duh

I think it’s a pretty name :slight_smile:

11

Cress-id-ah

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CRESS-id-uh id is like in [name_m]Sid[/name_m]. It’s a cute name btw!

13

Kind of like how it looks. Cress (like the beginning of [name_f]Crescent[/name_f]) the i making the kind of sound in ill and da like “duh”.

14

CRESS-id-uh. It’s a pretty name.

15

CRESS-ih-duh

16

CRESS-ih-duh

I love this name.

17

This pronunciation says it all.

18

Kre-see-dah is how I would pronounce the name.
I would have never guessed it had a short “i” in it (which for me makes the name less appealing).

19

I say it this way too. Beautiful name!