Larissa (name)
Larissa (Ancient Greek: Λάρισα) is a female given name of Greek origin that is common in Eastern European nations of Orthodox church heritage. It is derived either from Larissa, a nymph in Greek mythology who was a daughter of Pelasgus, or from the name of the ancient city of Larissa in Greece which meant "citadel".[1] The name was later borne by the Christian martyr of the fourth century Saint Larissa. The name is spelled Λάρισα in modern Greek and Лариса in Cyrillic, and based on either may also be Latinised as Larisa. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian and Latvian languages.[2] In 2009, Larisa was the 21st most common name for girls born in Romania.[3] A Russian short form is Lara, made famous through Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago (1957).[2]
People named Larissa/Larisa
- Saint Larissa (died c.375), early martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches
- Larisa Bergen (born 1949), Soviet Olympic volleyball player
- Larisa Blazic (born 1970), video installation artist and academic
- Larissa Fiallo (born 1983), Miss Dominican Republic in the 2004 Miss Universe pageant
- Larissa França, Brazilian beach volleyball player
- Lara Giddings (born 1972), Australian politician
- Larisa Guzeyeva (born 1959), Soviet and Russian actress and television host
- Larisa Iordache (born 1996), Romanian artist gymnast
- Larissa Kelly (born 1980), American scholar and Jeopardy! winner
- Larissa Lai (born 1967), Canadian writer, critic and professor
- Larisa Latynina (born 1934), Russian-Ukrainian former Soviet gymnast
- Larissa Adler Lomnitz (1932-2019), French-born Chilean-Mexican social anthropologist, researcher, professor, and academic
- Larissa Lowing (born 1973), Canadian artistic gymnast
- Larisa Maksimova (born 1943), Russian mathematical logician
- Larissa Manoela (born 2000), Brazilian actress and singer
- Larissa-Antonia Marolt (born 1992), Austrian fashion model
- Larissa Meek (born 1978), American model and former beauty queen
- Larissa Mondrus (born 1943), German stage name of Soviet expatriate singer
- Larisa Neiland (born 1966), Latvian tennis player
- Larisa Oleynik (born 1981), American actress
- Larisa Ratushnaya (1921–1944), Hero of the Soviet Union
- Larissa Riquelme (born 1985), Paraguayan model and actress
- Larisa Shepitko (1938–1979), Soviet film director
- Larissa Tudor (died 1926), woman rumored to be Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia
- Larissa Volokhonsky, Russian-born translator
- Larissa Werbicki (born 1996), Canadian rower
Notes
- ^ Λάρισα, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ a b "Behind the Name: Larisa". behindthename.com.
- ^ http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/romania/2009
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