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What does Clarissa mean?
Clarissa 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced kla-RISS-ah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Clarissa is "most bright, most famous". Latin version of Clarice occasionally found in medieval documents and made famous by Samuel Richardson's novel "Clarissa", also known as "the History of a Young Lady" (1748). Also form of Claire.
ASSOCIATED WITH bright (light), medieval, novel (literary), young, lady (noble)
Variations
VARIANTS Clairesa, Clairessa, Clairissa, Clara▼, Clare, Clarecia, Claresa, Claressa, Clarica, Claris, Clarisa▼, Clarisse, Clarissia, Clariza, Clarrie, Clarrisa, Clarrissa, Clarry, Clerissa, Classie, Clorissa, Klarisa, Klarissa, Klarrisa
SEE ALSO Charissa
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CLARICE Clarise, Clerisse, Clerysse, Klarise, Klarysa
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Clarissa Kaycee (C.K.), ..
How popular is Clarissa?
Clarissa is a very prominent first name for females (#744 out of 4276, Top 17%) but an unusual last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Clarissa reached its peak position of #236 in the U.S. in the year 1994, and is currently at #742. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Clarissa (#742 FROM RECENT DATA) are Charissa, Claire (#49), Clara (#103), Clare (#759), Clarice, Claris, Clarisa, Classie and Klarissa. These relations of Clarissa were favored by parents in the 1880s (MEDIAN #1095) and have become much less common since (#1365, DOWN 67%). Claire is the all-time favorite, while forms like Clarisa are now somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Clarissa▼ is pronounced similarly to Clayrissa, Klarisza and Klaryssa. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Alaricka (see Alarice), Amarissa, Blaisia, Calissa, Calista▼, Calyssa, Caresa, Caress, Caresse, Carinna, Carissa▼, Carita, Carlisa, Carlisia, Carlista, Carressa (see Caresse), Carrisa, Cearia, Cerisse, Charis, Charish, Charisma▼, Charisse, Charista, Charita, Charysse, Cherisa, Chloris, Christa▼, Clairinda, Clareta, Claretha, Clari, Clarie, Claritza, Claryce, Clayrice, Corissa, Coryssa, Cressa, Crista, Czarina, Ellissa, Floressa, Ilissa, Janissa, Karisa, Karisha, Karissa▼, Karisse, Krissa, Lacrissa, Larisha, Larissa▼, Laryssa, Lorissa, Maressa, Marisa▼, Marissa▼, Maritsa, Marlissa, Maryssa, Maurissa, Morissa, Narissa, Narkissa, Narsissa, Naryssa, Parissa, Sarissa, Sharisa and Vanissa. These names tend to be less frequently used than Clarissa.
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