Clarissa is a girl's name of English origin meaning “clear, bright.” In 2024 it was given to 207 girls in the United States.
Clarissa belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “clear, bright” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Clarissa first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #237 in 1994, and in 2024 207 babies received the name — 40,268 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Clarissa means “clear, bright” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Clarissa is a girl name. In 2024, 207 babies received the name in the US.
Clarissa comes from the English & American tradition.
Clarissa first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #237 in 1994, and 207 babies were given the name in 2024.
Clarissa is pronounced /kləˈɹɪsə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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