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Source-reportedDu grec ancien Χρυσηίς, Khrysēís.
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- French Wiktionary: ChryséisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
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01 / Meaning & origin
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Du grec ancien Χρυσηίς, Khrysēís.
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04 / Through time
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Chryseis— “golden”
Moreover, both precious metals are used as female names in modern Greece, Ἀργύρω (Argyro), silver, connecting itself with the Arianwen, or silver lady, of Wales; and Χρυσωῦχα (Chrysoucha) from Χρυσός (Chrysós), gold. This latter word has formed many other names, beginning from Chryses and his daughter Chryseis, whose ransom was the original cause of “Achilles' wrath of mighty woes the spring.” In the soubriquet of Chrysostomos, or Golden Mouth, we have already seen it, and it…
Moreover, both precious metals are used as female names in modern Greece, Ἀργύρω (Argyro), silver, connecting itself with the Arianwen, or silver lady, of Wales; and Χρυσωῦχα (Chrysoucha) from Χρυσός (Chrysós), gold. This latter word has formed many other names, beginning from Chryses and his daughter Chryseis, whose ransom was the original cause of “Achilles' wrath of mighty woes the spring.” In the soubriquet of Chrysostomos, or Golden Mouth, we have already seen it, and it is found also in Χρύσανθος (Chrysanthos), golden flower, the husband of Saint Daria, in whose honour prevails the Bavarian Chrysanth or Santerl.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part III, Chapter V (Christian Greek Names), Section XVI (Names from Jewels) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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