Briseis
Briseis is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 1,026 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Briseis
If you do not know Briseis’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Briseis,” in English, “Guten Tag Briseis,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Briseis,
German
Guten Tag Briseis,
French
Bonjour Briseis,
Spanish
Estimado/a Briseis:
Chinese
Briseis您好：
Japanese
Briseis様
English
Hi Briseis,
German
Hi Briseis,
French
Salut Briseis,
Spanish
Hola Briseis,
Chinese
Briseis你好：
Japanese
Briseisさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 1,026 female · 1,026 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Briseis a male or female name?
Briseis is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Briseis in an email?
If you do not know Briseis’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Briseis,” in English, “Guten Tag Briseis,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Briseis a unisex name?
Briseis is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Briseis a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/briseis. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_briseis,
title = {Is Briseis a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/briseis},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}