Entry № 0592 · Greek origin

Creusa Creusa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kreh-OO-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Princess (Aeneas's first wife)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "princess (aeneas's first wife)".

Creusa (Κρέουσα) is the Greek word for "princess" or "queen." Multiple Greek-Roman princesses bore the name — most notably **Aeneas's Trojan first wife**, who was lost during the fall of Troy and appeared to him as a ghost predicting his Italian destiny.

Featured in Virgil's Aeneid Book II.

Princess. Aeneas's lost Trojan first wife.

The name in its native script.

Κρέουσα
Transliteration
Kréousa
Pronunciation
/ krɪˈuː.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Creusa stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Creusa · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Creusas before her.

Real people
Creusa
Greek mythological figure.
In fiction
Creusa
Aeneas's first wife.
Virgil's Aeneid II

Names connected to Creusa.

The number behind Creusa.

5

The Free Spirit

Creusa reduces to five — the number of Greek princess.

Why families chose this name.

"Aeneas's first wife. Six letters. Creusa."
Eleni · Mother of one · Troy