Clarissa (given name)
Gender | female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | German, Greek |
Meaning | clear, brilliant, famous |
Other names | |
Related names | Clair, Clare, Clara, Clarice, Clarisa, Clarisse |
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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.[1]
Clarisa is the Spanish form of the name.[1] In Hungarian, the name is Klárisza.[2]
Notable people[]
- 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 F. Dye (1832-1921), Civil War nurse from Philadelphia
- Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (1920–2021)
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), American poet
- Clarissa Caldwell Lathrop (1847-1892), American social reformer, autobiographer
- Clarissa Kaye (1931-1994), Australian stage, film and television actress
- Clarissa Ward (born 1980), British-American television journalist
- Clarissa Stadler (born 1966), Austrian journalist, moderator and writer
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés (born 1945), American writer and Jungian psychoanalyst
Fictional characters[]
- 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
- Clarissa Saunders in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a 1939 film
- Clarissa Main in North and South miniseries. Books 1 & 2; 1985-1986 original TV release.
See also[]
- Clarissa (disambiguation)
- Poor Clares, also called "Clarisse", the nuns of the "Order of Clare"
- Claire (given name)
- Clara (given name)
- Clare (given name)
- Clarice
References[]
- ^ a b c Bruggeman, David. "Clarissa," WikiName - All About Names Archived 2009-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Norman, Tessa (July 2003). A World of Baby Names. New York: Perigree. p. 126. ISBN 0-399-52894-6.
Categories:
- Given names
- English feminine given names