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What does Marissa mean?
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.
ASSOCIATED WITH sea
Variations
VARIANTS Maressa, Maricia, Marisa▼, Marisabel, Marisha, Marisse, Maritza▼, Mariza, Marrissa, Maryssa, Meris, Merissa, Meryssa, Morissa
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)
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.
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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