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 [ syll. bri-sa, br-isa ] The girl name Brisa is pronounced BRIYSah KEY. 1: Brisa is of Old Greek origin and it is used mainly in the Spanish language. An old form of Brisa is Briseis (Old Greek). Briseis was the love interest of Achilles in Homer's Iliad and in Greek mythology. 2: Brisa's language of origin is Spanish. Derived from the word 'brisa' which is of the meaning wind, breeze. It represents the transferred use of the vocabulary word as a given name. Brisa is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2000, 0.028% of baby girls were named Brisa. It was #481 in rank then. In 2008, its usage was 0.018% and its ranking #787, and it was the most widely used out of all girl names in its family. Baby names that sound like Brisa include the Czech Barka, the Greek Berek, the Slavic Borka, the Hebrew Bracha, the Manx Breeshey, the English Bridges, the German Briska, the English Brookelle, the English Brookie, the Polish Bryga, the Swahili Baraka, the name Barika, the Scandinavian Bjork, the Scandinavian Björk, the English Brice, the English Briggitte, the English Brook, the English Brooke, the English Brooks, and the English Bryce. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Brisa: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
