Clarissa (given name)

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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Gender female		Word/name German, Greek
Meaning bright, clear, brilliant, famous Related names Clair, Clare, Clara, Clarice, Clarisa

Clarissa is a name derived from the Germanic name Clarice, which is derived from the Latin word clarus, which means "bright, clear or famous". Clarissa is an English, Italian, and Portuguese name; Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name.

Notable people with the name

Clara Barton (Clarissa Harlowe Barton, 1821–1912), American humanitarian who founded the American Red Cross

Clarissa Davis (born 1967), American coach and women's basketball hall-of-famer

Clarissa Dickson Wright (1947–2014), English celebrity chef

Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (born 1920)

Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), American poet

Use in fiction

Clarissa Explains It All, a children's TV show in the 1990s

Clarissa Dalloway in Mrs Dalloway, a 1925 novel by Virginia Woolf

Clarissa "Clary" Fray in The Mortal Instruments novel series

Clarissa Harlowe, the heroine of Samuel Richardson's 1748 tragic epistolary novel Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady

Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in Spider's Web, a 1954 play by Agatha Christie

Clarissa Mellon in Enduring Love, a 1997 novel by Ian McEwan

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