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See Ari's comment below. Cressida seems to be one of those names that authors and screenwriters think was always common among the British upper classes, when in reality no one before the Roaring Twenties a century ago would have thought it was appropriate to name a daughter Cressida, because it basically meant "unfaithful wife" to all educated English speakers before then.

I love it in theory. Would be interesting to know a real one. I like MN June most of your combos.

I really like Cressida! Cressida Eve is a quite pretty combo. I like the nickname Cress too. It sound very moonlight-y to me. Like, I just picture some moonlit meadow.

I like it, although if it got inevitably shortened to Cressie I wouldn't like that at all.

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Cressida Hope and Cressida June are pretty

I did absolutely terrible on an exam about Troilus and Criseyde yesterday :( it's a nice name - golden and shimmery - but the association with an unfaithful lover is off-putting.

Cressida it's ok, but it feels more like a name for a fantasy book character than for a real person.

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From you list I like the middle names Hope, Eve, June and Wren

I used to like it a lot; then some company named a line of cars Cressida, can't remember which - a petrolhead, I'm not - and that spoils it.

It's ok, the mns I like from your list hope, Lily, Eve

I think it's classic and beautiful, also very Shakespearean. I associate it with the Uranus' moon Cressida, which might collide with its neighboring moon Desdemona in 100 million years. (Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desdemona_(moon) ). Poor Cressida.

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Anyways, I like the Cressida Harper and Cressida Hope the most from your combinations.

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I think it's glamorous and silvery. Adore!

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Cressida Eve is perfect.

I’ve never heard this name before, but I think it’s neat. Cressida Harper and Cressida June are my favourite combos listed here. I feel like Fleur and Florence are also possible middles for it.