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What does Merissa mean?
Merissa as a name for girls is a Latin name, and the meaning of Merissa is "of the sea". Merissa is a version of Marissa (Latin): variant spelling of Maris.
ASSOCIATED WITH sea
Variations
VARIANTS Morissa, Meryssa, Maryssa, Marrissa, Mariza, Marisa▼, Maressa
OTHER FORMS VIA MARISSA Maricia, Marisha, Marisse, Maritza▼, Meris
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Merissa?
Merissa is a somewhat prominent first name for women (#4215 out of 4276, Top 99%) but an unusual surname for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Merissa was first listed in 1980-1989 and reached its top rank of #1047 in the U.S. in the year 1995, but is not listed currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Merissa listed in the Top 2000 are Marisa, Marisha, Marissa (#882 LAST YEAR), Maritza (#1682), Marrissa and Maryssa. Usage of these relations of Merissa was well-received in the year 1995 (AVERAGE #1004) and is now much reduced (#1794, DOWN 95.1%), with versions like Marissa becoming less trendy.
Similar Names
Merissa is pronounced similarly to Mareesa, Mareisa, Marysa, Maurisa, Maurissa, Moreisa, Morisa and Morysa. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Brissa▼, Carissa▼, Cerisa, Cerissa, Cerisse, Chrissa, Clerissa, Corissa, Crissa, Darissa, Delissa, Denissa, Jelissa, Jeressa, Karissa▼, Korissa, Krissa, Larissa▼, Lerissa, Lorissa, Malissa▼, Marika, Maris, Marise, Mariska, Mariske, Maritsa, Marlissa, Marsha▼, Marsia, Marysia, Melessa, Melisa▼, Melisha, Melissa▼, Melisse, Mercia, Mersey, Molissa, Narissa, Neriss, Nerissa, Neryssa, Norissa, Parissa, Sarissa, Sherissa, Teressa▼ and Trissa. These names tend to be less frequently used than Merissa.
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