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Clarissa
say it kluh-ris-uh
What Clarissa means
- Latin and English from Latin clarus, bright, clear
How popular it is
Its use is falling over the last ten years.
- no. 581 in Austria (2020)
- no. 792 in Portugal (2017)
- no. 912 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 1113 in the US (2024)
- no. 1319 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 1882 in England & Wales (2024)
In the United States it was most popular around 1990.
Other forms
Names with a similar meaning
Clara Ellie Elena Lucy Lena Eleanor Ayla Phoebe Zara Helena Lucia Elina
Clarissa in stories
- Mrs Dalloway: Clarissa Dalloway, who gives a party in Virginia Woolf's novel
- Clarissa: Clarissa Harlowe, Samuel Richardson's tragic heroine