Latin · Girl name
Clarissa
“bright or clear”
About the name Clarissa
Clarissa is a Latin girl’s name meaning ‘bright’ or ‘clear’. It is derived from the Latin word ‘clarus’, meaning bright, and is an elaborated form of Clara. Clarissa Harlowe is a central character in Richardson’s novel Clarissa, a lengthy epistolary work by Samuel Richardson. The name later appeared as Clarissa Dalloway, the title character of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway. In Latin, the Poor Clares, the order founded by Saint Clare of Assisi, are called Clarissae.
- Meaning
- bright or clear
- Origin
- Latin
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- klah-RIS-sah(3 syl.)
Variants and spellings
- Clarisse
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Middle names for Clarissa
- Clarissa Marie
- Clarissa Isabel
- Clarissa Sofia
- Clarissa Catherine
- Clarissa Grace
- Clarissa Ann
Questions about Clarissa
- What does Clarissa mean?
- Clarissa is a Latin name meaning "bright or clear".
- How do you pronounce Clarissa?
- Clarissa is pronounced klah-RIS-sah, with emphasis on the second syllable.
- What are variants of Clarissa?
- Variants of Clarissa include Clarisse.
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