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    Cressida

    KRES-ih-dah

    Greek
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Gold; Golden one
    Origin
    Greek
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Cressida does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Gold; Golden one", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Cressida.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Cressida comes forth as gold — tried, refined, the way known by God, the golden one who emerges from fire purer than she entered.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Job 23:10

      "But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold."

    • Zechariah 13:9

      "And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried."

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