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Marissa

What does Marissa mean?

Marissa Pronunciation of Marissa as a girls' name is pronounced ma-RISS-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Marissa is "of the sea". Variant of Maris.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Mari-, -sa

ASSOCIATED WITH sea

Variations

VARIANTS Maressa, Maricia, Marisa, Marisabel, Marisha, Marisse, Maritza, Mariza, Marrissa, Maryssa, Meris, Merissa, Meryssa, Morissa

SEE ALSO Mary, Nerissa

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA MARIS Marise, Marris, Marys, Maryse

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Marissa Tiana (M.T.), ..

How popular is Marissa?

Marissa is a very prominent first name for females (#545 out of 4276, Top 13%) but an uncommon last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Marissa entered the list in 1950-1959 and reached its top position of #53 in the U.S. in the year 1995, and is currently at #882. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Marissa name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Marissa outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular alternative forms of Marissa (#882 IN 2018) rated in the Top 2000 are Mary (#126), Maritza (#1682), Maris, Marisa, Marisha, Marrissa, Maryssa and Merissa. Other forms, like Marris, are uncommon. These relations of Marissa were favored as birth names in the 1940s (MEDIAN #1747) and have become significantly less conventional since (#1632, 96%), with versions like Marissa becoming somewhat outmoded.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Marissa, Maris, Marisa, Marisha, Maritza in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Marrissa, Mary, Maryssa, Merissa in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Marissa, Mary outside U.S.

Similar Names

Marissa is pronounced similarly to Mareesa, Mareisa, Marysa, Mauresa, Maurisa, Maurissa, Maurizia, Moreisa, Morisa and Morysa. Other recommended sound-alike names are Amarissa, Brissa, Caressa, Carisa, Carisia, Carisma, Carisse, Carlissa, Cerissa, Clarissa, Jalissa, Janissa, Kalissa, Karessa, Karisa, Karisha, Karisma, Karissa, Karisse, Karyssa, Kharissa, Korissa, Lacrissa, Lerissa, Lorissa, Malisha, Mallissa, Marga, Margisia (see Margaret), Maria, Mariana, Marieke, Mariela, Marika, Mariko, Marilda, Marilisa, Marilla, Marina, Marinda, Marinna, Mariposa, Marisela, Mariska, Marita, Marja, Markessa, Markisha, Marlisha, Marliss, Marlissa, Marlyssa, Marsee, Marseea, Maryka, Marysia, Maurise, Molissa, Narcissa, Narissa, Naryssa, Parisa, Raissa, Sarissa and Sharissa. These names tend to be less frequently used than Marissa.

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