Clarissa (given name)
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | German, Greek |
| Meaning | bright, clear, brilliant, famous |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Clare, Clarisa, Clara, Clair, Clarice |
| [1] | |
Clarissa is derived from the Germanic name Clarice. Clarice is derived from the Latin the word Clarus, which means "bright, clear or famous." Clarissa also has a Greek origin, meaning "brilliant". Clarissa is considered an English, Italian, and Portuguese name. Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name.[1]
Notable people with this name
- Clara Barton (Clarissa Harlowe Barton, 1821-1912), American humanitarian who founded the American Red Cross
- Clarissa Davis (b. 1967), American coach and Women's Basketball hall-of-famer
- Clarissa Dickson Wright (1947-2014), English celebrity chef
- Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (b. 1920)
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés (b. 1945), American poet
- Clarissa Bitar (b.1993), Palestinian-American oud player and ethnomusicologist
Name used in Fiction
- Clarissa Explains It All was a popular children's TV show in the 1990s
- Clarissa Dalloway in Mrs Dalloway, a novel by Virginia Woolf
- Clarissa "Clary" Fray in the Mortal Instruments 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 Agatha Christie's Spider's Web
- Clarissa Mellon in Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
- Clarissa La Rue in "Percy Jackson and the Olimpian godes" by Rick Riordan
See also
References
- ^ a b Bruggeman, David. <http://wiki.name.com/en/Clarissa> "Clarissa," WikiName - All About Names,
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