MEANING: This name derives from the Ancient Greek “brízo (βρίζω)”, meaning “curse, swear, insult, insolence, outrage”. 1) Briseis also known as Greek: Hippodameia, was a mythical queen in Asia Minor at the time of the Trojan War. ... In Greek Mythology, Briseis, a daughter of Briseus, was a princess of Lyrnessus.
Meaning & History. From a surname, an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh meaning "descendant of Proinnteach". The given name Proinnteach meant "bestower" in Gaelic. The Brontë sisters - Charlotte, Emily, and Anne - were 19th-century English novelists.
